Hunger in Afghanistan

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Hunger and malnutrition have a negative impact on health of people, especially children. Undernourished children with their growths lacking physical and mental capabilities are less effective and have low earnings. The current situation in Afghanistan is dramatic, as nearly a third of the population, about 7.4 million people, can’t get constant access to food (Pauli 2007/8). One of the solutions for this problem is supporting female population by providing them with specific knowledge in field of agriculture. Women who have adequate access to food can feed their babies, preventing them from undernourishment and making them competitive in their study at school. This project will proof that the solution of supporting female farmers is competitive and will help to maintain food security and develop healthy generation.

There are several causes of food insecurity in Afghanistan at present: low education level, drought, floods and other. Currently, women in Afghanistan have limited access to resources, education and income, because of gender inequality. Discrimination against women rating provided by SIGI (2012) places Afghanistan 2nd out of 102 countries, right after Sudan. This research indicates how huge the gender inequality is in Afghanistan. Gender discrimination is negatively affecting production rate, literally because half of the population are women and as women are not allowed to work and overall production is significantly lower because of women lacking an opportunity to work. Destroying gender gaps will arrange the population with additional power that increase production rate. Giving women an opportunity to work will provide them with money, which can be spent on food for their families, so additional human power is an ex...

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...of the best solutions for solving hunger in Afghanistan.

Reference List:
Peter Paul. (2007/8). National risk and vulnerability assessment (NRVA) pp. unknown article seen in WFP

Samuel Loewenberg, Afghanistan’s hidden health issue, The Lancet, October 31, 2009, Vol 374 Issue 9700, p 1487-1488 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61887-0 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2809%2961887-0/fulltext?&elsca1=TL:%20Vol.%20374%20Number%209700%20Oct%2031,%202009&elsca2=email&elsca3=segment FAO, 2011. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2011 “THE STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE”. http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2050e/i2050e00.htm SIGI http://www.oecd.org/dev/poverty/42289479.pdf http://www.genderindex.org/country/afghanistan#_ftn1 WFP (04 march, 2010) http://www.wfp.org/stories/women-are-most-effective-solution-combating-hunger

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