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May 6, 2010 [ From Agent]

Jambo!!

This is Teppei from Kenya.

Here in Kenya, many people are in trouble with food everyday.

According to WFP "World Food Program", the amount of food assistance fell to the lowest level in twenty years. Meanwhile, the number of starving people climbed to the highest level in the history. The reasons include the global financial crisis, unstable food prices and bad weather. They say that there are one billion people who face a serious hunger crisis in the world. That is more than one out of every seven people on the Earth.

The leading cause of death in the world is food hunger and other related deaths. Sadly more than twenty five thousand people starve to death every day, fourteen thousand people of them are children.

On the other hand, it is said that the food production of the world is sufficient to feed the global people. Some people say that the number of starving people is the same as obese people in the world.

There is one way to tell the difference between rich and poor in Kenya. It is physical size. The poor is likely to be skinny and small, whereas the rich tend to be large and fat.

As I mentioned before, the food production of the world is enough for us at the moment. However, we do not know what will be happened in the future. It is said that if the population of the world is increasing on this way, we will suffer from the insufficient supply of food.

Another issue in Japan is the food self-sufficiency.
Japanese food self-sufficiency ratio is estimated to be around forty percent in 2009. It is the lowest ratio of all advanced nations.
The food self-sufficiency rate--that is, the ratio of food consumed daily by the Japanese that is supplied by domestic production. Although there are several ways of measuring the food self-sufficiency rate, it is usually calculated on a calorific supply base. The ratio of food consumed daily includes the high calorie food such as "Foie gras" and waste food.

That is to say, it is one of way to increase domestic production and on the other hand if we reduce left-over food, we can improve self-sufficiency in food products.

We can eat three meals in a day without any trouble in Japan. I feel that Japan is such a happy country in the world by living in Kenya.

See you next time!

KWAHERI.