BY JOO EUN KIM

Staff Writer

More than 800 million people in the world are undernourished while wealthier nations are prospering, according to a document from the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day.

``World Food System: Serving All or Serving Some?'' is the theme for this year's annual World Food Day Teleconference. On Tuesday, Oct. 16, from noon to 3:00 p.m., this teleconference will be held in the Science Building room 010 at Calvin. The teleconference will be aired from George Washington University to college campuses and other interested organizations across the country. For a few years, Biology Professor Uko Zylstra has arranged for the viewing of this three-hour teleconference through cable at Calvin.

As a Developing the Christian Mind speaker on world hunger, Zylstra showed concern for this issue.

``Good farmlands are being taken over for commercial development. In 40-50 years, we may need that farmland,'' Zylstra pointed out. He encouraged other professors to inform their students about the conference. Zylstra hopes for 25-30 attendees. Two years ago, was only five. ``When it comes to food issue, education and awareness is step number one,'' he said.

The first hour of the teleconference will consist of a conversation with Dr. Wenche Barth Eide, a world leader for a rights-based approach to food security. For the second hour, a film entitled The Global Banquet: Politics of Food will be shown, followed by a discussion. During the third hour, Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for the PBS Jim Lehrer News Hour, will host a ``Conversation with Dr. Eide,'' during which Dr. Eide will answer some questions.

Dr. Eide has encouraged international agencies on global issues. ``Governments that have committed themselves to food and cultural rights should be accountable for ignoring their human rights obligations,'' she said, according to the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day. Because of globalization, many Third World countries are exporting their food source to wealthier nations. Thus, people in Third World countries are experiencing a food shortage. The teleconference will present two visions for solving this issue.