Hunger

About 829 million people (1 in 10 people globally) are undernourished (lacking protein and/or calories).

Causes

For more details, see...
* Numbers & methodology of the above image
* Food production-consumption geography

Inefficiencies

Even though farms produce more than enough food crops to feed the world, too many of these crops are used inefficiently...

• as animal feed   (farm animals eat more food than they produce),
• as biofuel   (burned for energy - which is not a scalable alternative to fossil fuels),
• and in food that goes to waste   (or spoils due to improper storage)

As a result, there isn't enough to go around (globally).

Other causes

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Solutions

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Personal actions to take

• Plant-based food
• Not wasting food

Collective actions to take

• Action against business food waste - richer countries need the most change
• Say no to biofuels
• Improve crop yields - poorer countries need the most change

See also

• Deforestation - has similar causes and solutions
• Food - general page
• Nutrition - relevant for people in richer countries (where calories are abundant but it can be hard to get enough vitamins & minerals)