Global Food Production Exceeds Needs, Yet Hunger Persists Due to Inequality and Distribution Failures
By
Steve Gliessman
Properly proved. Has structure, has flavour, has a point.
Summary
This article argues that the world already produces enough food to feed 10 billion people, yet hunger persists due to systemic issues of distribution, access, and inequality rather than insufficient production. Authored by food and agriculture experts from various institutions, it references a study comparing organic and conventional yields, suggesting the problem is not about how much food is grown but how it is allocated and controlled within the global food system.
Key quotes
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A new a study from McGill University and the University of Minnesota published in the journal Nature compared organic and conventional yields from 66 studies and 316 trials
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