Learning Activity: discuss World Hunger

After reading through the information in the section, discuss with your parents, friends, classmates or teachers, or just think on your own:

- do you believe that the right to food is a basic right of every human being? why?
- do you think the developed nations of the world believe in the sanctity of this right?

- with agricultural produce still producing surpluses, why do you think some places are still prone to famine (eg. Africa)?

- apart from aid, what other ways of elminating poverty are there?
- are these methods udes often enough? why?

- farmers are often the poorest people in a country, do you think they should be allowed to sell their produce at higher prices to support themselves and their families?

- at certain points in history, hunger has been used as a political tool (hunger strikes, economic blockades etc.). Do you think this is justified? Can starving people be acceptable under certain circumstances?

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