There is more than enough food, why is World still starving?
460794
No they are not , because they use money givin to them to help fix building problems and thier own supplys to keep it running . And whatever is left might help some with gas , bills , $25 gift cards excetra . And when you go to get food they don't give enough for how many you have in your family , they make it very complicating to even get help , because of people who lie to get more have ruined it . But they ruined it because thier family was starving . I think that if rich people dug deep into thier own pockets , go door to door , or watch at grocery stores and watch the people around you , you can tell if a person is really is in need or not - take the time to turn and say QUIETLY  " I know you need more than that and I am able to help your family , no strings attached " I would start crying if someone said that to me , and I would take the help - other than going to a food bank . They don't even give food that goes with any of the food they have givin , but they expect you to make 3-4 meals for 5-8 people out of nothing but canned foods mostly . I could go on and on - sorry !
462990
so much food avalable
295914
We have no idea- The definition of "optimum" would be optimum for who?  For the rest of life, excluding chickens, pigs, and dogs, a human population of zero would be fine.  If we had 10 billion, then 10 billion and one would be great for that last one born.  If you are asking what is the maximum *sustainable* population, that unfortunately can only be answered when you pass it and discover that you are now past the max.  H G Wells estimated that when we got over 2 billion, there would be mass starvation.  Other later said for sure anything past 5 billion would cause mass starvation.  We are now near 7 billion and have a huge overall food surplus (of course, thats just food, not addressing energy, clean water, etc).  We may be able to sacrifice wetlands, tropical forests, etc, and get even more food, though its doubtful if the ecosystem could handle it for long.
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There are not thousands of poor, illiterate children in India. There are millions. India is a huge country full of poverty and injustice. There is no way to super-quick fix that place up. Just so you know, they are agricultrually self-sufficient. This means that India grows enough food so that everyone there can get enough to eat. The problem is that it gets held in these store houses and never gets to the people that are starving. The best way to help India is to invest money in companies that are working at building up its infrastructure. That's my opinion, anyway. If you give money to its government, that is really bad, because most people over there in government are really corrupt. If you want, do a little research on the socio-economic history of India. I learned a lot and am really excited about it.
255440
Food consumption has gone global. ppl eat more bcoz they hav so many things to choose from and also these things are very cheap. Packaged products etc has caused cases like obesity to rise. When ts bringing more employment, its also bringin a health crisis.
530406
Because poverty and food are not related. Poverty is a term in regards to money, and food is with hunger. The real question is, "why do we have so much hunger in the world when we can produce food?" The answer to that is that not everyone has access to the food that is produced. The USA is one of the biggest producers of food products (corn, wheat, vegetables, etc) but that is all perishable. It takes time to transport them to other countries. So for example, if we wanted to send a bunch of vegetables to the people starving in Somalia, most of the food would go bad by the time it got to them. Also, there are mean people out there who take the food for themselves and do not give it to those most needy.
416711
You may not get accurate number of people starving in the world. However, if the priviledged people in the society could take care of the under-priviledged in their immediate environment then we will have victory over the problem of starvation in the world
720934
The Earth is in danger of becoming almost totally inhospitable for most higher life forms.  Unless we start being more intelligent and get population and resource management under control, the Earth will do if for us.
486895
invent what?  a better way to grow food?  a better way to preserve it?  a perfectly nutritionally balanced meal that can be shipped to other places?  a way to stop power-hungry governments from killing people and driving them off their land?  a way to make self-centered people in well-off places stop and think about the fact that 140,000 people die of hunger every day, while they waste food by the ton?  There are many people and groups, from scientific communities to social and political groups, trying to do exactly these things.  if you want to help, I'd suggest you look at them and see where you can put a hand in.  If you have a cool idea for an invention, talk to them about how to develop it and where it would be best used.
896572
There would be no world hunger if we were all vegetarians.  It takes 8 pounds of protein from wheat to make one pound of protein from meat.  With the food we spend to feed cattle, we can use it to feed the hungry.\n\n\nAlas, I am a hypocrit...I'm not a vegetarian.
438997
World hunger - no - it stayed at about the same rate.  Here in the US - it dropped dramatically for a short time, but it's back up again more than ever.
1122145
i agree in another country they throw flour to each other  i also think that they should send the food they are going to waste like that to asia or africa or any of those countries where you see that people doesn't have anything to eat or even clean water to drink. we should never forget that god gave us this earth and everything in it is for everybody. same with rich people i'm not saying all of them but the mayority, they are multi millionaire, why couldn't they take a few million dollars and send some food to those countries, instead you see them buying real expensive cars and houses, they only think about themselves nobody else.  We have to stop thinking about ourselves a little and start thinking about everybody else. lets say you and your children are starving wouldn't you like that at least somebody will give you food for your kids. put yourselves in that position. think of what those people have to go thru seeing their love ones die because they don't have nothing to eat.  seeing their own children die of diseases and starvation, and some of us that have everything we complaint  that is not enough . just think about it.
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"As part of the fortifying process, a permanent monitoring system of nutrient concentrations is extremely important to ensure the required levels, since high or low concentrations are unacceptable owing to the potential risk of toxicity. Legal issues are important and must be addressed so that country regulations are adhered to, facilitating the implementation of regional fortification."\nhttp://www.unu.edu/unupress/food/8F154e/8F154E03.htm\n\nThe food itself is not a negative factor.  The overpopulation resulting from feeding people who are now starving to death, might be.
868429
No, science cannot feed the world, we are already overpopulated and technology can only take us so far. There will always be starving countries unfortunately. All foods that we eat have been modified, and yes, despite scares genetically modified foods are generally ok.
623808
Nature will take care of that problem. Once the Earth's resources are depleted and human population starts to wane then economies will crumble (a healthy economy is built around a growing population), famine and disease will be rampant. At least 80% of the human population will perish.\n\nNow aren't you glad you asked.
1008896
It is the theory that - and pardon the layman's use of terms and simplification - man's population growth will overcome the ability of its agricultural resources to feed it. Given two groups of roughly equal people, the one with superior agricultural resources will grow faster than the one without (or with fewer) resources. \nThe theory appears to hold validity when applied to the animal world, but becomes more difficult to predict when the point of overbudening will occur with human beings. This may be due to a number of reasons, not the least which of them are technological advances in agriculture.
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.THIS PLANET IS NOW DRYING OUT.In northern china the 2 major deserts are merging to create a super desert.\n\nthousands of farmers that once were food producers are now running for their lives before the advancing dust storms.The Sahara is growing by 7 kilometros a day\n\n.The world population has doubled in the last fifty years ,faster than  humanity has ever done since we became homosapians. we are loosing species every minute.We are in fact witness to a mass extinction for the first time again since the day of the dinasaurs.\n\nAGRICULTURAL LAND IS LOST ALL OVER THE GLOBE.TO DESERTIFICATION ,OVERPUMPING OF CARBON AQUIFIERS.\nForest fires and deforestacion (to create more farmlands )are detroying that which make the water.\n\nEACH YEAR THERE ARE LESS AND LESS FARMERS,their sons becoming something else , in Africa there are many dying of aids  In china many lost their lands, \n\nAnd each year these less and less farmers have to feed an increase of (,at the moment) 70 million people.(But this is speeding up.)\n\nTo produce a ton of maize takes 1000 tons of water.If you havent got water but you have money,such as China,you will buy water in the form of maize,and at high prices.\n\nCanada and Australia have limited their sales already and only to their regular good customers.Other countries WILL sell causing inflation and rising food prices at home and so produce unstable governments.\n\nwe find ourselves in a bubble econemy about to burst.\n\nthe bottom line is that with less land,less farmers and less water.the global farming comunity will not be able to feed everybody in the world.\n\nThe disapearing biomass is threatening our very atmosphere.\neach rise of temperature by one degree means 10% of croploss.And the planet is getting hotter.\n\nThe sea is rising ,which means more loss of agricultural land.\n\nThe world desperately needs alternative ways to produce food.\n\nso to save Mankind,to save the world ,to change the tide, to tip the balance and to answer the question ,\n\nthe solution is that \nif the billions of people on this planet who have any ground at all ;grow something.\n\nTo combat rising food prices by bringing an enormous amount of food unto the local markets ,\n\ncombat the threat to the global environment ,by creating an enormous amount of biomass which will produce humidity,\nAnd all of it outside and beyond the concept of agriculture.\n\nThe many billions of pieces of land are there,and so are the people.Just buy a spade and get some seeds.the books exist,\n\nI recommend Permaculture since that is my area ,but their are many other concepts.\n\nAnd you will get healthy and cheap food,not to speak of making the place beautifull.\n\nIn this way we can get to Paradise without having to die first