Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2019.1583588
Hunger and sustainability
José Luis Sánchez García
; Chair of the charity of Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Catholic University of Valencia of Saint Vincent Martyr, Calle Quevedo, Valencia, Spain
Ismael Beiro Pérez
; Doctoral School, Catholic University of Valencia of Saint Vincent Martyr, Calle Quevedo, Valencia, Spain
Juan María Díez Sanz
; Chair of the charity of Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Catholic University of Valencia of Saint Vincent Martyr, Calle Quevedo, Valencia, Spain; Doctoral School, Catholic University of Valencia of Saint Vincent Martyr, Calle Quevedo, Valencia, Spain
Abstract
This paper examines the problem of world hunger and discusses potential solutions to it. It reflects on the debate about whether transgenic foods should be used, which is more of a social controversy than a scientific one. Sustainability is considered a key driver for innovation that can be used as a basis for assessing the problem of hunger in the world, and the question is inseparable from its ethical aspects. Given that economic growth does not directly equate to human development, this paper states that it is necessary to address the problem of poverty and hunger from the capacity development framework according to human rights. Poverty causes disability by limiting human development; it creates the conditions for the violation of human rights; therefore, an institutional framework and social initiatives aimed at protecting the poor should be established. Finally, the main lines of research in the field of biotechnology are outlined, such as the development of genetically modified organisms and the need to continue defining methods, based on the development of capabilities. Such capabilities should be embedded in educational programmes, to establish guidelines that are incorporated into curricula as transversal orientations to be able to make sustainability a social reality.
Keywords
Hunger; poverty; education; biotechnology; sustainability; genetically modified organisms
Hrčak ID:
228619
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Publication date:
22.1.2019.
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