You will prepare and submit a term paper on Food Security Problems Posed by Insects in America. Your paper should be a minimum of 2750 words in length.

You will prepare and submit a term paper on Food Security Problems Posed by Insects in America. Your paper should be a minimum of 2750 words in length. Since 1995 the unites stated department of agriculture has been in the front line in publishing as well as undertaking researches to get an overview of the food insecurity as well as the hunger situation in the united state’s households. Surveys have been done by the United States food security measurement project which is a combination of bodies set up such as the federal agencies, academic researchers and private organizations for the analysis of the food situation.

The United States Department of Agriculture Estimates, published in a series of annual reports are widely used by the government agencies, the media and advocacy groups to report the extent of food insecurity and hunger in the United States. These estimates are also used to monitor progress towards national objectives, to evaluate the impact of particular public policies and programs, as a standard by which the performance of the united stated department of agriculture programs is measured and as a basis for a diverse body of research relating to food assistance programs, (Tobin, 2009)

In addition, the United States Department of Agriculture has a program of research for improving the measurement and standards of food security. All these efforts have been recognized but there is still concern over the methods of estimation and design in the insecurity scale as the insect problem comes into play. This paper looks to examine the problems that insects pose to the food insecurity situation and some of the possible solutions.

Food is a basic need for all living creatures due to the positive correlation between food availability, calories and protein intake and human development as aspects surrounding a healthy growth (Gani & Prasad, 2007). Food security was originated as a concept in the mid-1970s, as a consequence of discussions of international food problems (UN, 1974) where there was process of international negotiation leading to the World Food Conference of 1974.