Why are people starving when the world has the most food that it's ever had?

Question

Why are people starving when the world has the most food that it's ever had?

Answer 1

The food isn't distributed evenly at all. If it was, starvation wouldn't be a problem. Sadly, too much food goes to waste and doesn't end up where it is needed most, because transporting food over large distances is expensive.

Answer 2

The food isn't balanced in the world.  We have more food than we need here in the US.  That's not the case in much of the world.

Answer 3

because of crooked governments and profiteering corporations who own all the rights to producing the food and will not use it properly.

Africa for example, where arable farmland is scarce would be a fantastic trade zone for manufactured goods. In other words, the afrcan people would trade labor for food. They would gain an expensive product (for them food is far harder to grow) for a cheap product (willing labourers are plentiful). We would gain an expensive product (labour here is expensive) for a cheap product (infrastructure and arable farmland is plentiful).

Answer 4

Food isn't available in all places.

People are selfish.

People are poor

Answer 5

Its not production that matters, its getting that food to people.  It is hard to grow food in Iowa, USA, pack it in airplanes and send it to Africa, keep it fresh, and hand it out to the people that need it.  Companies would lose money doing it and that's why they don't.

In places like Somalia, warlords get food and give it to the people if they join their army.  How can we get food to these people?  It's nearly impossible.  If you've ever watched Black Hawk Down, the whole mess started because poor people weren't getting the food because of the warlords.

Answer 6

This is such a great question and Stephen gave a tremendous answer.