12 Myths about World Hunger

[high_treason]

A 10 years old article but has some very interesting statistics and information. Which shows that the real problem is not a decrease in food supply but a increase in prices and policies that benefit the few.

http://www.foodfirst.org/pubs/backgrdrs ... 8v5n3.html

Why so much hunger?

What can we do about it?

To answer these questions we must unlearn much of what we have been taught.

Only by freeing ourselves from the grip of widely held myths can we grasp the roots of hunger and see what we can do to end it.








Myth 1
Not Enough Food to Go Around

Reality: Abundance, not scarcity, best describes the world's food supply. Enough wheat, rice and other grains are produced to provide every human being with 3,500 calories a day. That doesn't even count many other commonly eaten foods - vegetables, beans, nuts, root crops, fruits, grass-fed meats, and fish. Enough food is available to provide at least 4.3 pounds of food per person a day worldwide: two and half pounds of grain, beans and nuts, about a pound of fruits and vegetables, and nearly another pound of meat, milk and eggs-enough to make most people fat! The problem is that many people are too poor to buy readily available food. Even most "hungry countries" have enough food for all their people right now. Many are net exporters of food and other agricultural products.

Myth 2
Nature's to Blame for Famine

Reality: It's too easy to blame nature. Human-made forces are making people increasingly vulnerable to nature's vagaries. Food is always available for those who can afford it

[Anonymous]

wtf! i thought EVERYONE knew that there is food enough for EVERYBODY. except that people are unfair. its that simple. so next time you eat remember to eat everything so you don't throw away any food or else the guilt will be to strong for you too handle. and then you are suiciding. its that simple.

[sullivan]

wtf! i thought EVERYONE knew that there is food enough for EVERYBODY. except that people are unfair. its that simple. so next time you eat remember to eat everything so you don't throw away any food or else the guilt will be to strong for you too handle. and then you are suiciding. its that simple.

I see you hold to a simplistic and naive view of the world. Of course there is enough food for everybody. However, even if you eat everything and waste nothing, food shortages and famine will continue to be a problem, because food is not only a sustenance, but a weapon.

[theshowpodcast.com]

wtf! i thought EVERYONE knew that there is food enough for EVERYBODY. except that people are unfair. its that simple. so next time you eat remember to eat everything so you don't throw away any food or else the guilt will be to strong for you too handle. and then you are suiciding. its that simple.

I see you hold to a simplistic and naive view of the world. Of course there is enough food for everybody. However, even if you eat everything and waste nothing, food shortages and famine will continue to be a problem, because food is not only a sustenance, but a weapon.

It is known as artificial scarcity.