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International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD)
Special Issue on Innovative Development of Modern Research
Available Online: www.ijtsrd.com e-ISSN: 2456 – 6470

The Problems of Food Scarcity and Famine in the World,

its Impact on Political, Social and Economic Life

Rakhmatova Dilnoza Obidovna

Masters Student of the Chair of World History at Bukhara State University, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

ABSTRACT inflation raises the price of these products. Famine in some
This article discusses the problem of global hunger and its parts of the country forced people to eat tree leaves. The
impact on socio-economic life, absolute and latent hunger number of people who do not eat regularly in Yemen may
and its consequences, Food and Agriculture Organization of soon increase by one and a half times to 11.5 million.
the United Nations (FAO), the global hunger index, its According to the UN, the escalation of famine is being
importance in scientific observation. exacerbated by years of drought in Yemen, Somalia, South

Sudan and Nigeria. [11]
KEYWORDS: Nutrition deficiency, hunger, famine, food
problem, hidden hunger, the absolute famine, Global Hunger In the early 1990s, the problem of “hidden hunger” attracted
Index, malnutrition, economic crisis worldwide attention. [2; 55] It occurs when the human body
is deficient in micronutrients (i.e. vitamins and minerals). It
I. INTRODUCTION is estimated that 30% of the world's population suffers from
Providing food to the population in the modern world is one this problem. This leads to an increase in morbidity and
of the most important programmatic goals of the whole mortality, a slowdown in cognitive (intellectual)
world community and each state. In the context of the global development and a decrease in learning and efficiency, an
financial and economic crisis, which affects the economies of increase in morbidity and disability, as a result of an increase
many countries, the problem of food security remains in the productive capacity of the population, as well as a
particularly relevant. The proportion of the population catastrophic loss of human potential. Overcoming
suffering from hunger and chronic malnutrition has micronutrient deficiencies is a necessary condition for
increased. In the past, food crises and water supply crises development. The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia has
(prior armed conflict) have occurred several times in some not changed significantly, but in some countries it has even
countries and regions. However, in recent decades, the increased. In India, short stature, iron and iodine deficiency
problem of water and food supply to the population and the lead to a loss of productivity of 2.95 % of GDP per year. Iron
economy has become global. deficiency of female agricultural workers in Sierra-Leone will
result in a loss of $ 94.5 million over 5 year. [3; 27]
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
This article is based on publications of the United Nations Another factor that causes hidden hunger in the world is the
World Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), articles consumption of poor quality food. Consumption of poor
published on this topic in our country and abroad, as well as quality food can lead to about 200 diseases, including cancer.
Internet materials. Given the global nature of the problem, the Second
Committee of the UN General Assembly on Economic Affairs
The food problem has the longest history among the rest. declared June 7 as World Food Security Day. [10]
Periodically it occurred at all stages of human development.
At the same time, the world community’s food production The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is published annually by the
capacity is now sufficient to feed the entire population of the German-based Welthungerhilfe and the Irish NGO Concern
world. In recent decades, this problem has been completely Worldwide. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is designed to
solved only in the most developed countries. However, the comprehensively measure and monitor hunger at the global,
uneven distribution of food across countries and regions regional and national levels.GHI scores are calculated each
means that between 600 million and 700 million people are year to assess failures and successes in combating hunger.
currently experiencing global hunger. [17; 33] [4] This index is determined by summing four indicators for
each country:
th
During the 20 century, 70-100 million people died of
the share of malnourished population;
starvation worldwide, more than half of them in China, and
30 million people died during the famine of 1958-1961. [8] the proportion of underweight children under the age of five;
the proportion of children under the age of five below the
Famine is a social phenomenon that can become widespread norm;
in a country as a result of wars, droughts, natural disasters,
earthquakes, various environmental disasters, and other mortality rate of children under five years of age. [5]
natural phenomena. There are two types of starvation: overt Women suffer more from malnutrition and hunger in
(absolute starvation) and latent (relative starvation - developing and economically backward countries. Because
malnutrition lack of essential, nutrients in the diet). [13; 610] social inequality persists in these countries, and in difficult
The following 7 countries are listed on the website Kun.uz: situations, women give up their food. According to the Food
Eritrea, Sudan, Zambia, Yemen, the Republic of Sierra Leone, and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
the Central African Republic, Chad. Currently, the worst food nearly half of pregnant women in developing countries suffer
situation is in Yemen. The country's riyal has become very from anemia (iron deficiency). This results in approximately
devalued. Almost all consumer goods are imported, and 110,000 birth deaths each year. [1; 33]

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