A Chronicle of food and hunger
A Chronicle of food and hunger
Una crónica sobre alimento y hambre / Cronica despre alimente si foame
02.04.2014
The Department of International Relations and the Institute of Latin American Studies in collaboration with the Cervantes Institute in Bucharest, organized, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, the Conference `A Chronicle of food and hunger’, supported by ES Mr. Mario Arvelo, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to FAO, President of the Committee for Agriculture of the United Nations.
As they gained consciousness and evolved technical skills, the earliest humans sought nutrients by putting knowledge before instinct, while ascending to the pinnacle of the food chain. Humanity began eating in increasing quantity and quality, accelerating its progress towards who we are today.
In slowly realizing how nature works, men and women began to challenge their dependence upon the climate, other animals, and luck. They took up this journey with help from unexplained phenomena: a disk of fire traversing the heavens, the soil nurturing the plants, water falling from the skies… Then, the invention of agriculture opened a gateway to promises of abundance and comfort.
But not all of us enjoy the benefits of this productive revolution: one in six people lack the means to produce or to buy food. Most of the hungry are women and children, and almost all live and die in Africa, in Asia, and in Latin America.
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