The Root causes of hunger

Raj Patel begins his book "Stuffed and Starved" by highlighting a big contradiction that we are producing more food than ever,and that the number of hungry people which stand at about 800 million is outnumbered by the number of obese people. Now that i s one huge contradiction which points to a cosmos that has gone wrong and a breakdown of the  food system.

This breakdown in the system calls for us to ask questions and delve deeper to find the root cause of the problem. We may probably may not be going to bed hungry but we are unable to buy quality food or are paying to much for the for it.

For the next couple of weeks and in the course of our camapign we shall be looking at the multi dimensional causes of hunger and its various manifestations and we invite you to join us.  The key areas of focus will be the effect of structral adjustment program by the Bretton wood institution on agriculture and Biofuels in realations to food security!

PS* The week that was , was a fruitful for the Global changers at the platform in Tanzania and we had a chance to hear from the team at the Global platform in Nepal, and interact with Students from from a University in Dar es saalam ...there is always a sense of comfort in number and not forgetting the power in it.