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1987 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
World Hunger and the World Economy
Author : Keith Griffin
Published in: World Hunger and the World Economy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Let us begin with two propositions. First, there is no world food problem, but there is a problem of hunger in the world. Food and hunger are, of course, related and it is tempting to argue that an increase in food output will lead to a reduction in hunger, malnutrition and starvation; but alas the connection is not so straightforward or simple. Indeed many cases can be found in which hunger increased, or failed to diminish, despite a rise in food supplies per head.