> [..] prevented the starvation of millions of people. There seems to be a logical mistake. Food production is not primarily to fight starvation. Because of th

> [..] prevented the starvation of millions of people. There seems to be a logical mistake. Food production is not primarily to fight starvation. Because of the increase in available food millions of new people exist. Without it they wouldn’t have existed hence not starved either. Humans, just like animals, adapt to their surroundings. With more available food the populations grows, with less it shrinks.