Chronic hunger has a range of causes, but global food scarcity is not one of
them. According to the World Food Programme,
<http://www.wfp.org/hunger/causes> we produce enough to feed the global
population of 7 billion people. And the
<http://www.oxfam.ca/there-enough-food-feed-world> world produces 17% more
food per person today than 30 years ago, and the rate of food production has
increased faster than the rate of population growth for the past two
decades. However, latest calls from the Food and Agriculture Organisation
(FAO) suggest this might be changing, with estimates that
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/15/us-foundation-food-population-gro
wth-idUSKCN0I41RT20141015> 60% more food is required if population numbers
increase to nine billion by 2050.......