World Hunger is Expanding

     This article explains the reasons why malnutrition is becoming more of an issue around the world. It is not because of a lack of food, but rather a lack of demand for food due to interuption of work and other environmental activities such as hotels, schools, and restaurants. Therefore, food goes to waste because we are making the food but not transporting it. This article also touches on the topic of COVID-19 causes unemployment. It is expected to lay off millions of workers. The UN agency estimates that 820 million individuals will be expected to suffer from hunger, worldwide by the end of the year. While home cooking has expanded due to covid and quarentining, the idea of nutrition has not. This pandemic has demonstrated how fragile global supply chains are. 

      I liked the idea from the article about cooking at home. I have definately started cooking at home a lot more once the pandemic hit and I am sure a lot more people have too, which is a good way to relate to this article. 

https://agrifoodecon.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40100-020-00167-z


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  1. Riley BurnsSeptember 20, 2021 at 5:34 PM

    Wow this is not only interesting to read, but also heartbreaking. I didn’t think at this time in year this issue would be occurring. Who would of thought lack of demand would be the cause to this affect. Overall very interesting!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2021 at 4:19 PM

    I feel like it’s all linked together due to COVID happening. Like COVID brought on unemployment, which lead to barely anyone working the transporting businesses, and that results in everyone not getting the nutrients that they need. I know that this issue has been going on for a long time but I think COVID obviously made it worse.

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