to provide the nation’s market with food at a reasonable price or, more ideally, at the lowest price possible.
food resources around the world, while maintaining an economical balance in the price of agricultural products. The platform should contain data submitted by participating nations. Information directly submitted by food providers to the authorities and existing statistics from correlating governmental departments of individual nations should be the main building blocks of the internet platform. The data should include necessary elements as mentioned in the list below:
CONCLUDING REMARKS By implementing the internet platform, we can facilitate peaceful cooperations between nations and reduce the waste for the world’s food resources by putting what we already have into good use.
a) Health and nutritional conditions of people of each geographical area of a nation.
Acknowledgments: We thank the Faculty of Agriculture (especially the professors of the department of veterinary medicine) of National Chiayi University for providing us information on agricultural economics sharing with us their views and projects on international agricultural cooperation, medical, and hunger relief. We would also like to thank Dr. Chun Ying Wu of the Taichung City Veteran’s General Hospital of Taiwan for sharing with us his idea of a worldwide medical database for sharing, exchanging clinical reports and facilitating medical research. His idea being carried out in Taiwan with excellent results, inspiring us to come up with the idea of a “food exchange platform for hunger relief”. We would like to thanks Alex Chang of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University. We would also like to thank the Prof. Frank Yung Hsiang Ying of the Department of Business Administration of National Taiwan Normal University for giving us academic advice on our proposal.
b) Changes in food supply, quantity and availability of each geographical area of a nation c) Changes in prices of market prices of foods and agricultural products d) The population of the underfed with distinctions in age and geographical area in a nation e) Consumer choices in food and agricultural products Government analyzers should then combine and analyze all of the elements mentioned above and submit an overall “information package” every consecutive month to the internet platform to allow public viewing. With the advanced technology and software of today, we can “pair” different nations together using the “information packages” to allow nations that suffer from overharvest or shortages to exchange the foods and products, thus making good use of food resources around the world and ensure a safe economy for the society and a safe living for food suppliers and farmers. Consumers can also receive instant information from the internet platform which is, more direct and accurate. They also have a chance to participate in helping hunger relief and food security by choosing their deals smartly and responsibly.
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APPLICATION AND RESULTS After being paired, nations can start their exchange or transaction of the foods that they want to sell or buy. Famers and food suppliers should buy the products directly from the famers and food providers and make the necessary preparations to deal with other nations. Governments will not have to go through the complicated food analysis procedures faced by civilians at airport or harbor customs when important agricultural goods from other countries. Instead, governments can receive shipping directly from other cooperating nations and start the procedure of food analysis by relying on intergovernmental cooperation, thus ensuring a safer and faster release and better quality of the needed products into the nation’s markets. By doing so, the transactions and exchanges can facilitate hunger relief and stabilize the economy, providing the society with better care and choice when suffering from overharvest or food shortages. Without other mediums, wholesalers or dealers mixed in the procedure of transactions and imports, governments will be able
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