"Keep on the watch"

“For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another. All these things are a beginning of pangs of distress. ; for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again. In fact, unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short. ; “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in lamentation, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ; “Now learn from the fig tree as an illustration this point : Just as soon as its young branch grows tender and it puts forth leaves, YOU know that summer is near. Likewise also YOU, when YOU see all these things, know that he is near at the doors. Truly I say to YOU that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur. ; “Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father. For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be. For as they were in those days before the flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark ; and they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be. ; Keep on the watch, therefore, because YOU do not know on what day YOUR Lord is coming. “But know one thing, that if the householder had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have kept awake and not allowed his house to be broken into. On this account YOU too prove yourselves ready, because at an hour that YOU do not think to be it, the Son of man is coming.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

One in eight people under-nourished

 

 
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The latest UN Report on Food Insecurity reveals a shocking statistic: one in eight people are under-nourished, one hundred million children aged under five are under weight, two and a half million children starve to death every single year. That is around thirty million children since the turn of the century.
 
The latest UN report on food insecurity is called SOFI: The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012, drawn up by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
 
Not all of it is bad news: the report reveals that there has been a strong decrease in the number of malnourished people in recent years and that the number of under-nourished people in the world has decreased by 132 million, from 18.6 per cent to 12.5 per cent of the world's population.
 
Despite the world economic crisis since 2009, many governments successfully protected their populations from the rising food prices.
 
Improvement in scientific calculation
 
The new figures are based on better data processing and improved methodology. Updated information taking into account a number of vectors (population, food supply, food losses, dietary requirements) providing a better and more accurate calculation, which, it has transpired, is less gloomy than previous estimates.
 
Nevertheless, the report also reveals some shocking statistics and facts. Firstly, "the world has the knowledge and the means to eliminate all forms of food insecurity and malnutrition". So if we have the wherewithal, why does the problem exist, especially at a time when billions are spent on weapons and mounting terrorist attacks against sovereign nations, such as the west's proxy wars in Libya and Syria.
 
Secondly, global progress in reducing the numbers of malnourished people has gradually declined since the year 2007, levelling off in recent years, meaning we are going backwards after having made some headway.
        
Thirdly, in a world where high-tech is now a reality, there are eight hundred and seventy million people undernourished, 100 million children aged under five are underweight, 2.5 million children starve to death every year. The majority of these people live in developing countries in Asia and Africa, where the number of malnourished people has risen from 175 million to 239 million people from 1992 to 2012.
 
Solutions
 
The report suggests a twin-track approach which focuses on economic growth, helping smallholders stimulate agricultural production and also providing safety mechanisms for the vulnerable, giving priority to delivering quality nutrition.
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