United Nations: Global Food Security Analysis and Recommendations

This report analyzes the complex issue of global food insecurity, examining the interplay of population growth and poverty as primary drivers. It identifies specific challenges in Argentina, a developing nation, highlighting factors such as governmental control over food distribution, economic crises, and inequitable access. The report explores the role of population growth in increasing food demand and straining resources. It then proposes technological solutions, including remote sensing, innovative farming techniques, and e-agriculture strategies, while emphasizing the need for effective leadership from both governmental and private sectors. Finally, it concludes by summarizing the issues and suggesting actions the United Nations can take to design future policy decisions to improve food security and address the challenges of global hunger and malnutrition.

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Introduction
The aim of this paper will be to address and analyse the issues related to global foods
insecurity that are mainly caused by global population and poverty. This paper will help to find
three issues related to the global food insecurity, and details of food security and its connection
with the population growth will be discussed in this paper. Technologies that can reduce hunger
and improve the food security will also be discussed in this paper. The process of usage of the
identified technologies will also be discussed in this paper. The factors that interrupt the flow of
food from the source to the people in the developing country selected, which is Argentina, will
also be evaluated in this paper. At last, a brief conclusion will include the summary of the
outcomes that the United Nations can use to design the future policy decisions.
Background of the Study
Food Insecurity
The term food insecurity refers to that state where the people are deprived of a reliable
access to a particular amount of nutritious and affordable food that is required to live a healthy
life and that will help to sustain in their life. It can be stated in this context that conflict and
drought are the major factors that causes problem in the overall production of the food along
with the distribution process and the access to those foods (Boratyńska & Huseynov, 2017). The
selected developing nation for this paper, which is Argentina, also suffers from food insecurity,
and it can be noted in this context that the total food insecurity in this region increased to 29.3%
in the year 2018 from 21.7% which was in the year 2017 (Feeney & MacClay, 2016). It has been
found by the Social Debt of the Catholic University of Argentina that loss of purchasing the
power and huge inflation rates has caused this food insecurity. It has been found by the Food and

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Agriculture Organization of the United Nations that it is important to strengthen the food security
so that the people can lead a sustainable healthy live and help Argentina to become a developed
nation in the world. The United Nations also addressed that the region of Argentina is facing
serious issues related to food insecurity, and due to this, many people are skipping their meals,
whereas the children are totally depending on their respective schools where feeding programs
are held. Huge impact has been faced by millions of people of Argentina, which is adversely
affecting the economy of the nation. It can also be stated in this context that the present financial
and economic crisis in Argentina is forcing to decline or reduce the purchasing power and
increasing the prices of the food, which is resulting in increase in the food insecurity in
Argentina (Jones, 2017).
Role of Population in Food Security
There is a direct relation between the total population of a nation and the food security of
the people of that nation. It can be noted in this context that increase in the number of population
will automatically increase the demand for food. This will again, automatically increase the uses
of water and arable land (Caraher & Cavicchi, 2014). This occurs mainly due to the non-
presence of sufficient technology required for food production as well as integrated programs
which helps in simultaneously addressing the society that requires reproductive and food health.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) assumes that the economic along with population
growth will result in increasing the need for food double across the world within the year 2050. It
has become essential to address necessary health requirements of the families of the developing
nations like Argentina, which involves increased access in the process of family planning, which
will help to lower down the rapid increase of population along with improving the health of the
families present and upgrade their food security (Berkowitz, Seligman & Choudhry, 2014).

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has also stated that maximum number of
nations with most number of people are facing the issue of food insecurity, and also possess high
fertility rates and huge population growth. This also increases the barrier or challenge of meeting
the required nutritional needs in adequate amount. It can be assumed that the population of
Argentina has faced more than 4.54 Crores, which shows that there is an increase of 1.04% than
what was in the year 2019. Increase in the population will led to malnutrition, starvation,
political unrest and increase in mortality. Thus, growth in the population will automatically
increase the food insecurity in that nation, which has occurred in the region of Argentina
(Hendrix & Brinkman, 2013).
Identification of Technologies
Proper technologies need to be identified in order to reduce hunger and improve food
security globally. It can be noted in this context that there are more than 793 million people
across the world who suffers from undernourished of food insecurity, and this has been identified
by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (fao.org, 2020). It has been
identified by the researchers that weather, labour markets, conflict, nutrition, social inclusion,
food supply systems and livelihoods can be combined to accomplish the required level of food
which will help to meet the daily dietary energy requirements for the people. Remote sensors in
rivers, oceans and farms and usage of satellites across the world can be used as innovative and
modern technologies to forecast the factors or drivers of food insecurity. Apart from this, new
and innovative farming techniques are used to adapt to the climate in lesser time and harvest the
crop to provide food to the people (Valdes, 2019).

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Process of Usage of these Technologies
Efficient usage of these technologies need to be performed through the improved policies
that are published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) along with
their International Telecommunication Union, who will help in providing of the framework for
the developing nations through the e-agriculture strategies (Wise & Cole, 2015). These strategies
will help to infuse the value chain of the whole agricultural process with the fresh and innovative
technologies. These strategies will include the action plan along with the vision and framework
through which the results or the outcomes will be evaluated and monitored. But it can be stated
that these technologies will only play a supporting role and effective leadership from both the
government and private organizations in Argentina need to be performed so that the daily dietary
energy requirements of the people of this region can be met (Heinemann, 2013).
Causes of Food Insecurity
The factors that are addressed by these technologies which causes food insecurity are
alterations in the weather or climate of Argentina along with increase in the population of this
particular place. Poverty has been also been addressed by these technologies, along with the
fragile ecosystem that are causing irregular distribution of the food that are required for each and
every people who live in this region. It can be said that 32% people of the overall population
lives in the region of Argentina.
Specific Factors in Argentina
The specific factors that are interrupting the flow of food from the source to the people in
Argentina poverty, inequitable food distribution and political unrest. Though the political
condition of this nation are stable, but the people are rejecting foreign investors and

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multinational organizations, which are creating trouble and political unrest within the nation. The
government along with other private institutions need to follow innovative ways of tackling the
issue of poverty, so that the food security problem can be checked and the minimum staple diet
can be reached to every citizen of the country (Loopstra & Lalor, 2017).
Conclusion
From the above discussion, it can be concluded that the issue of food insecurity is getting
a serious global issue across all the regions of the world, and the United Nations are concerned
with this issue and are taking steps to control this issue and they are motivating the developing
nations like Argentina to take recommended actions or steps in order to solve the issue and
provide the daily dietary energy requirements of the people of this region.

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