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One of the commenters on the article points out that we already produce enough food to feed more than nine billion people, so the reason people go hungry isn't
by amock 17y ago
One of the commenters on the article points out that we already produce enough food to feed more than nine billion people, so the reason people go hungry isn't because there isn't enough food it's because the food isn't in the right places. The infrastructure in places like the U.S. can handle food distribution for a much larger population, but in third world countries there is obviously a problem even with the current population. So what we really should be thinking about is how to get the food to the people who need it, not how to produce more food.
- patio11 17y agoFamine was a solved problem three hundred years ago in peacetime Europe. The challenge isn't growing food. The challenge is making sure thugs with guns don't take it between the place where it is produced and the place where it is consumed. (It matters little to this analysis whether the thugs with guns are cops or robbers, since if you live in a country with famine they are probably only distinguishable by the color of their uniforms, if that.)