Gordon Conway points out, in his book One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?: “If we were to add up all of the world’s production of food and then divide it equally among the world’s population, each man, woman, and child would receive a daily average of over 2,800 calories — enough for a healthy lifestyle.”
Amartya Sen, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, has demonstrated that famines stem primarily from poverty, not a widespread food shortage. “Famine has often taken place when statistics have shown little or no decline in food supply...” Sen wrote. “...A famine may wipe out millions of people, but it rarely reaches the rulers.”
Amartya Sen, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, has demonstrated that famines stem primarily from poverty, not a widespread food shortage. “Famine has often taken place when statistics have shown little or no decline in food supply...” Sen wrote. “...A famine may wipe out millions of people, but it rarely reaches the rulers.”
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