I think that letting more people know about the global food problem will be a start. If so many people become interested in it, there will be a better chance of it being covered in the media. In Japan, the keyword “eco” has been widely known and everybody has started to act being conscious of the reduction of CO2. Likewise, if the word “MDGs” becomes known widely, it might make people act being conscious of the global food problem.

I will show this “Navy blue challenger” to my friends and acquaintances. If you have a positive reaction to this website, please show it to your friends and family.

If you are a student, please read Mr. Jean Ziegler’s book "World Hunger Explained to my Son". It is written in simple terms, as if Mr. Ziegler were talking to his son.

I will record the progress of my action to promote this "Navy blue challenger" on the Action page.

 

Everyone knows we should not ignore anyone who are suffering. However, it takes a courage or any motivation to take action. When I was in my third year of junior high school, I saw two bad boys painting all over my classmate’s desk with chalk in front of me. I scolded them, “Don’t do that!” But, I did not always do so. Actually, as I loved to be wild rather than gentle, I guess I was mostly a spectator when bad boys were teasing somebody.  So, I'm in no position to say high-sounding idea, but if you know so many people suffering and feel that you would like to do something for the global food problem, please find your courage and take some kind of action.

As one of actions we can do easily, please try making a donation through WFP’s homepage (http://www.wfp.org/). It’s an action you can take at home within 15 minutes. You can see your record of gift on "my support" page and you can get a receipt from there.  I commit myself to keep making donations of 1000 JPY to WFP Japan or 10 USD to WFP Rome from my monthly pocket money as long as I can keep getting my salary.

Even though each person’s amount of donation is so small, if many people do the same, it could be a lot of money. The money will undoubtedly benefit WFP’s food aid, and contribute to the improvement of the problem of distribution. I would be grateful for your contribution to the donation to WFP through the Internet.

I have a favor to ask you if you are going to make an Internet donation to WFP. When you make an internet donation, WFP sends you an e-mail that confirms your donation. If you don’t mind, please forward the e-mail to me: navyblue@kkd.biglobe.ne.jp.  The address at the end are not necessary.  I will count the amount of money that was gifted to WFP with "Navy blue challenger" as a starting point and show the figure on the Action page.

・The name and other information of the donor who forward e-mail will never be disclosed.

・I have notified WFP Rome of this call for donation and got confirmation from WFP Japan.

・No consideration will be given to me by doing this call for donation.
 

In page 5-2, I wrote “to improve the global food problem means, in other words, to restore the balance in the system of food production, consumption and distribution and to maintain it well balanced, taking into consideration all the factors that influence the system of food production, consumption and distribution.”

As I wrote on pages 2-3, all the factors that influence the system of food production, consumption and distribution are linked together. I think, in order to make a right decision to balance the whole, we need to visualize the system of food production, consumption and distribution.

As an example of visualization of the system of food production, consumption and distribution, "Navy blue challenger" created “Balance of the Food System” and posted it on the TOP page. With just a click, you can see the increase of the world population and the amount of grain consumption along with that, the balance between production and consumption that is being maintained while both production and consumption increase, the rising grain prices, and the increase of the undernourished population. (English version is now preparing.)

If you are someone from some government sector of agriculture or food, I would like you to visualize the system of food production, consumption and distribution on your government’s homepage.

I also think it will be good if we can blow a whistle when policies that are ignoring the balance of the whole are going to be carried out.

In this regard, I suppose what we can do at an individual level is to have a sense of value to put the priority on the balance of the whole, to see the society and surroundings with such a sense of value, and to act with the same.