It is estimated that about a bilion of people starve, especially it affects countries of the Third World. It results from politycal instability and very low agricultural, economy joined with overpopulation. At present about 40 000 people in Africa die of hunger. Different organisations stand up for eliminations of hunger. There are: food banks, foundations collecting money for the purchase of food.

Reasons for famine:

• Population explosions,
• Slow pace of agricultural development
• Armed conflicts
• Disasters
• Political mistakes

How many starving people could be fed if inhabitants of Sosnowiec wouldn’t waste bread?
How many kilos of bread does a man eat average per year?
How many kilos of bread do inhabitants of Sosnowiec waste?

Assumptions:

• Bread weighs 600 kg
• Every fourth man in Sosnowiec wastes 1/9 annual demand for bread
• Amount of inhabitants of Sosnowiec– about 226034

Calculation:

A man eats about a half f loaf of bread every day
½ loaf of bread = 600 : 2 = 300 g
300 g * 365 days
300 * 365 = 0,3 * 365 = 109,5 » 110 kg a year

A man waste a half loaf of bread every year
1/9 * 110 kg
1/9 * 110 » 12 kg
Inhabitants of Sosnowiec

Eat
226 034 * 110 = 24 863 740 kg a year

Waste
226 034 : 4 = 565085
565085 * 12 » 678102 kg
678102 : 110 » 6165

If inhabitants of Sosnowiec didn’t waste bread,they would feed about 9272 inhabitants of Nigeria every year.