Can we ever abolish hunger? The World Bank warned yesterday of a huge food crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine. More than 800 million people will go undernourished this year.
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New alarm on 'human catastrophe' over food
Can we ever abolish hunger? The World Bank warned yesterday of a huge food crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine. More than 800 million people will go undernourished this year.
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Can we ever abolish hunger?
Yes: Even with regional shortages and a bad harvest, there is enough food in the world to feed everyone. That fact alone means that hunger can be abolished. We should create the infrastructure to do so now.
No: We have the ability to end world hunger. But we will never have the will. To do so would require people in wealthier countries to make dramatic sacrifices in how we live. Too few are willing.
Or... We may be able to feed the world to a point where no one is dangerously deprived of food. But hunger is relative: some people will always be hungrier than others, even if the base level changes.
Keywords
World Bank - A financial institution that provides loans and grants to developing countries in an effort to reduce poverty.
Wheat - Wheat is essential for making bread, pasta and many other basic food types. It became a major crop in Russia and Ukraine during the 1980s.
Famines - Times of great hunger, when there is very little food.
Arable - Farmland used for growing crops. The UN estimates that the world contains 1.407 billion hectares of arable land.
New alarm on ‘human catastrophe’ over food
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World Bank - A financial institution that provides loans and grants to developing countries in an effort to reduce poverty.
Wheat - Wheat is essential for making bread, pasta and many other basic food types. It became a major crop in Russia and Ukraine during the 1980s.
Famines - Times of great hunger, when there is very little food.
Arable - Farmland used for growing crops. The UN estimates that the world contains 1.407 billion hectares of arable land.