Food Insecurity

REQUIRED WEEK 6 CHECKLIST

Task A) Respond to the following statements using the Hite chapter readings, other course material and external credible resources.  It is imperative to provide full reference sources for this discussion.

• Where do most of the world’s hungry live? Be specific.
• Using your Week 6 assignment developing countries, or two newly selected developing countries from the World Bank 2020 List (Course Info), discuss specific food insecurity issues for those countries. Is there a difference between “food insecurity” and “hunger” in these countries.  Explain.
• Discuss (in detail) some potential consequences and benefits of using biotechnologies in developing countries

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

The list of developing countries shown below is adhered to by the ISI, effective from 1 January until 31 December 2020.

https://www.isi-web.org/index.php/capacity-building/developing-countries?Itemid=167

World Bank Country Classifications

Developing countries are defined according to their Gross National Income (GNI) per capita per year, as calculated by the World Bank Atlas method, December 2020.

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Angola
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• China
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo, Dem. Rep
• Congo, Rep.
• Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Cuba
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt, Arab Rep.
• El Salvador
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Gabon
• Gambia, The
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bisau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran, Islamic Rep.
• Iraq
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Korea, Dem Rep.
• Kosovo
• Kyrgyz Republic
• Lao PDR
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Macedonia, Rep. of North
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mayotte
• Mexico
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Nauru
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Romania
• Russian Federation
• Rwanda
• Samoa
• São Tomé and Principe
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sri Lanka
• St. Lucia
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tonga
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of
• Vietnam
• Palestine, State of
• Yemen, Rep.
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

ISI used data.worldbank.org for 2020 membership fees

Countries that are slightly over the amount of US$ 12,056 will be considered a developing country for the year 2020 and their situation will be reviewed for 2021.

The designations employed and the presentation of country or area names in this list, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the ISI concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.