14- Food Dumping

Food dumping is essentially the disposal of unwanted organic matter (rotting food, expired food etc.) labelled as support for developing countries. The issue behind this type of "support" is that it further continues the cycle of poverty in the world's poorest nations. Ingestion of this food has been known to lead to health problems, which as a result contribute to the overall cycle of poverty. Additionally food dumping undercuts local farmers (people would rather eat the free food- even though it is worse, rather than pay for it- farmers are forced to close their business), which in turn will result in hindering economic progress in developing nations. Presenting a solution to this issue signals a complicated choice; food dumping temporarily solves the issue of chronic hunger, however will contribute to the cycle of poverty. Thus one possible solution could be to use the food waste to feed livestock, which would result in more capital economic growth (more local farmers) and could help sustain the continuous production of food (ex chickens- chickens are notorious for eating food waste, and can as a result produce healthy eggs.).