The 21st annual World Food Day teleconference topic “Politics of Hunger – What’s at Stake?” dealt with decision-making process involved in developing food policies. Politics, broadly defined, is the “art of allocating resources” or “who gets what, when and how.” In spite of summits and studies and surveys indicating a high degree of support for ending hunger, the world community has been unable to meet the goal of cutting hunger in half by 2015 much less of achieving a world free of hunger.
For the second year there was a live up-link interview from World Food Prize ceremonies in Iowa, with founder and Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug, World outreach was made possible through the cooperation of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) American Embassy Television Network. The program was produced by the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day with special assistance and funding from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID). The teleconference originated from USDA television studios in Washington DC. The program was carried by the DISH Network and various educational, PBS and local cable networks.
Each year the program is presented as a tool to engender year-around concern and involvement on ending hunger. The most value is attained when there is pre-planning and study of the issues at the sites as well as efforts to involve participants in follow-up action. Sites are urged to keep the study materials and videotapes available for use throughout the year.
There are three basic components of the teleconference: the Study/Action Packet which includes a bibliography, the three-hour telecast and the teleconference report. At the national level teleconference planning is an all-year, interactive process. Each year's experience is reviewed and evaluated by representatives of the participating sites who make recommendations and help prepare the action section for the coming year.
College curricular integration is encouraged. Course modules or on-site learning experiences, class use of videotapes and special credit seminars and student community service have proven useful incentives for students. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are provided through the cooperation of the American Dietetic Association, the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania. The teleconference site reports add to the value of this resource.
2004 Executive Summary
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Download the Executive Summary of the 2004 teleconference as a PDF (110KB). To read this file you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available for free from the Adobe website.Note: Here is the Acrobat download URL http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
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