Fueling Potential

In every country around the world, citizens go hungry regardless of the wealth and development of the country. The problem is much more prevalent and noticeable in third-world countries that lack food sources on a large scale, but even the most technologically advanced countries experience the same problem on a smaller scale. Thus, everyone is affected by this problem in some way and can witness it nearby. From this personal connection, each person has a stake in the formation of a solution to the widespread problem. The development and implementation of a system that would produce and distribute adequate amounts of food to all people would improve the world dramatically. As a result, people would no longer have to worry about obtaining food sustenance and could focus on meaningful contributions to the world.

                In the world today, humans have many rights but access to food is currently not one of them. This policy negatively impacts the world as many people suffer and struggle to survive due to not having the proper resources needed to obtain a substantial amount of food. According to psychologist Abraham Maslow, a person must satisfy his physiological needs, of which hunger is one, before being able to concern any other types of needs (Maslow, 370-396). According to this hierarchy of needs theory, needs of safety, belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization cannot be achieved by those who lack the proper amount of food to maintain a healthy life. Therefore, this problem limits the potential of valuable human lives to the most basic level. In altering the economic system to provide food to all people that would restore potential to their lives and allow them to be positive contributors to society. So, the benefits would be twofold as the lives were saved by providing the food and subsequently enriched by allowing for energy to be focused on a different domain.

With the agricultural and technological advances present in society, it is unacceptable that food is not available to all humans so that their lives are sustained in an equal manner. With the current free-market system for getting food, those with extensive monetary resources can garner the best food products, while those who lack such resources can only afford low quality food or sometimes none at all. In order for the proper change to occur, increased food production must first occur, followed by proper distribution of the food resources. In order to address the food production, countries would have to cooperate to create an organization that first determined the necessary amount of food for each person. Then, the organization would need to contract and provide necessary resources to farmers in the various countries to produce the specified amount of food. With the implication of saving human lives, governments should find much value in utilizing resources in this manner.

Next, the food would have to be distributed based on population of people lacking the proper amount of food, based on expert projections of a group within the newly created organization. This structure to systematically target and provide food to those in need would address the problem in the most organized way possible. The method would require worldwide cooperation which would be very difficult to achieve, but the possible outcomes should provide enough incentive for that to happen. From the implementation, the world would be improved as all humans had access to adequate food sources and could reach a higher level of potential.

Works Cited

Maslow, A. H. "A Theory of Human Motivation." Psychological Review (1943): 370-396. Print.