Famine

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in spite of the fact, that most countries are self sufficient in food supply. This situation exists in most of the Third World because the foreign assistance programs used to improve agricultural output, generally go to the wealthier farmers who use it to increase productivity; while cutting labor costs. Due to industrial modernization, such countries require the maintenance of a large, low paid workforce. Therefore farmers are not inclined to invest in agriculture, since it would not profit them and the areas most in need of increased food production are, by national policy, discouraging it.
The attention to equity, to agriculture and to population control has reduced the threat of . In India, the introduction of high yield crop varieties has greatly increased food production though malnutrition still remains prevalent. In the early 1990's, the world was producing more than adequate food for the billions of people on the planet and it was said to be capable of growing ...

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