Food Tech Speech Draft
Introduction:
1,2,3. Every 3 seconds, an Indian child is dying from malnutrition. India is the economic powerhouse of the world. India has a higher GDP than Australia. Yet, why is half of India starving? This is due to a number of reasons, all of which can be overcome and improved. India has surplus money and food to supply all of its residents, yet the imbalance of wealth does not allow this. I will investigate ways in which Indians can receive the health abundance that they are entitled to. India is in urgent need of funding to provide for its rapidly diminishing health system.
Economics is Insufficient:
Economic growth has the potential to be nutrition-sensitive if it increases food production, increases access to health services, educates women, reduces fertility rates, and lowers household poverty. While economic growth is required for reducing malnutrition–and no low-income countries have made significant gains in nutrition without relatively rapid growth; economic growth alone is insufficient. India is the glaring example of rapid growth without commensurate gains in nutrition.
Reasons/Circumstances:
India has a number of circumstances that lead to its malnutrition situation. India’s rapid urbanization and overcrowding makes households particularly vulnerable to malnutrition by further complicating access to support services, healthcare, clean water, and sanitation. In addition, Gender equity is considered a particularly strong factor in the high rates of maternal and child malnutrition seen in South Asia; women are undervalued in society and “eat least and last.”
Aid Agencies:
High levels of chronic malnutrition in India emphasize need for long-term, multidimensional interventions. National programming and social safety nets currently include the Integrated Child Development Services that works in conjunction with Unicef and the World Bank, and aims to supply food to rural area children to benefit the future generations. The public distribution
1,2,3. Every 3 seconds, an Indian child is dying from malnutrition. India is the economic powerhouse of the world. India has a higher GDP than Australia. Yet, why is half of India starving? This is due to a number of reasons, all of which can be overcome and improved. India has surplus money and food to supply all of its residents, yet the imbalance of wealth does not allow this. I will investigate ways in which Indians can receive the health abundance that they are entitled to. India is in urgent need of funding to provide for its rapidly diminishing health system.
Economics is Insufficient:
Economic growth has the potential to be nutrition-sensitive if it increases food production, increases access to health services, educates women, reduces fertility rates, and lowers household poverty. While economic growth is required for reducing malnutrition–and no low-income countries have made significant gains in nutrition without relatively rapid growth; economic growth alone is insufficient. India is the glaring example of rapid growth without commensurate gains in nutrition.
Reasons/Circumstances:
India has a number of circumstances that lead to its malnutrition situation. India’s rapid urbanization and overcrowding makes households particularly vulnerable to malnutrition by further complicating access to support services, healthcare, clean water, and sanitation. In addition, Gender equity is considered a particularly strong factor in the high rates of maternal and child malnutrition seen in South Asia; women are undervalued in society and “eat least and last.”
Aid Agencies:
High levels of chronic malnutrition in India emphasize need for long-term, multidimensional interventions. National programming and social safety nets currently include the Integrated Child Development Services that works in conjunction with Unicef and the World Bank, and aims to supply food to rural area children to benefit the future generations. The public distribution