Hunger In Haiti

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A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat. Hunger; something everyone has had an encounter with, but usually very minimally. Not everyone is that fortunate though. In fact there is quite a few places and people in the word who still have to deal with server hunger. This day and age nobody should have to be hungry. We have had all kinds of breakthroughs with food. Scientist have found ways to alter plants rDNA, which can unlock all kinds of possibilities for these nations. Plants are now able to survive in conditions that they otherwise never would be able to do before. Scientist have even developed a plant that can detect bombs by changing colors when a certain chemical is present. If we can do that, no country should ever go hungry again. Haiti is one of those countries that has a majority of their citizens that are malnourished. Haiti seems to be a country that just has the worst luck. Hurricanes, earthquakes, you name it they got it. These contribute very minimally to their hunger issues compared to other more “man-made” issues with the country. Haiti was ranked the 3rd hungriest country in the world according to the information from the United Nations. They also were ranked the 3rd most corrupt government; there may be a correlation there. It can be difficult for a country to do well when the people that are supposed to look after their country and people are busy looking after themselves. Then when the Haitian government does try to do something to help their situation it usually backfires. A good example of this would be how they are trying to get into the world market. They are allowing large foreign corporations to take advantage of their workers by paying them inadequate wages for working in poor conditions. The Haitian government also lower the tariffs on imported united states rice. Because of this, the
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