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Can famine be stopped?

       The world probably produces enough food to feed all of its inhabitants. Agriculture in developed
       parts of the world is extremely efficient. Even so, as many as 15% of the world's inhabitants suffer
       from  malnutrition  because  the  available  food  is  not  evenly  distributed  among  the  world's
       population. Some people believe that all surplus food from developed countries should be made
       available to poorer countries, but many others (including EU agricultural ministers) argue that aid
       to poorer people should be mainly in the form of education and farming equipment. Direct food aid
       should only be reserved for disaster situations, such as the earthquake in Nepal and flooding in
       Bangladesh,  where  many  individuals  would  quickly  die  if  food  were  not  made  available.  The
       problem of unequal food distribution is outlined in the diagram below.

































































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