Food sovereignty: ending world hunger in our time.
The Humanist › Vol. 66 Nbr. 2, March 2006
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Food sovereignty: ending world hunger in our time.
THIS PAST THANKSGIVING, while millions of Americans sat at a table overflowing with food, more than thirty children died each minute around the world due to hunger related causes.
Certainly hunger isn't a result of food scarcity. In fact, abundance best describes the world's food supply. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did thirty years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough food to provide every person worldwide with at least 2,720 kilocalories a day. International food aid, the most publicized instrument in the campaign against hun...See the full content of this document
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