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==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
===Inefficiencies=== | ===Inefficiencies=== | ||
Even though farms produce more than enough crops to feed the world, too many of these crops are used ''inefficiently'' or | Even though farms produce more than enough food crops to feed the world, too many of these crops are used ''inefficiently''... | ||
* as animal feed - {{light|farm animals eat more food than they produce}}, | |||
* as [[biofuel]] - {{light|burned for energy (which is}} '''not''' {{light|a scalable alternative to fossil fuels)}}, | |||
* and in [[food waste|food that goes to waste]] {{light|(or spoils due to improper storage)}} | |||
As a result, there isn't enough to go around. | |||
[[File:food-funnel.png|center]] | [[File:food-funnel.png|center]] | ||
<small>For details, see... | <small>For details, see... | ||
* [[:File:food-funnel.png|Numbers & methodology of the above image]] | * [[:File:food-funnel.png|Numbers & methodology of the above image]] | ||
* [[Food production-consumption geography]]</small> | * [[Food production-consumption geography]]</small> | ||
===Other causes=== | ===Other causes=== | ||
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