Introduction

The reason why I have chosen to sign up for the GT Extended Learning class is to help me prepare for researching a topic of my interest in order to participate in The World Food Prize Iowa Youth Institute at Iowa State University and to participate in the Think Global School. I will be researching a global food security issue and by the end will have developed a possible solution to this issue. Food security is a major issue that needs to be addressed but is often not looked at as an result of gender inequality, lack of educational resources, and governmental conflict. Addressing these issues will greatly impact food insecurity.

The mission of the research paper is pick a region in the world affected by food insecurity and to address a specific country and topic in order to develope a solution.  My two possible regions of interest are Central Africa and Southeast Asia. My topics of interest are human rights, education, and conflict resolution. These are all topics that I am very passionate about and hope to be able to research more about. My overall goal for this research project is to gain essential research skills and also qualify for the Global Youth Institute to eve`ntually be able to attend the global internships.

Nosa Ali