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outdoorsnewzealand · 07-19-2008, 05:13 AM

I've heard that the world currently produces enough calories for everyone to be well fed. The only study I could find was from FAO 2002, p.9 that states there is enough food to produce 2700 calories per person per day. Does anyone know of more recent studies?

Now if there is enough food what is stopping it from getting to the people who need it? Some possibilities are

Greed
Corruption
Logistics
Selfishness

I'm sure there are other factors too can you think of any? What are the most important factors? What can we do about them?

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outdoorsnewzealand Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hamilton NZ Posts: 68	Some countries obese others malnourished. I've heard that the world currently produces enough calories for everyone to be well fed. The only study I could find was from FAO 2002, p.9 that states there is enough food to produce 2700 calories per person per day. Does anyone know of more recent studies? Now if there is enough food what is stopping it from getting to the people who need it? Some possibilities are Greed Corruption Logistics Selfishness I'm sure there are other factors too can you think of any? What are the most important factors? What can we do about them? __________________ Our Development - Making A Difference In The World