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Hunger & Poverty (Poverty (Individual (Lack of education (many in…

- - - - Widening Income gap
      - Cultural beliefs and practices
        
        India's caste system- Institutionalised chronic poverty
        
        Unable to take high-paying jobs. Forced to take menial work.
    - - Climate change
        
        Tanzania- global warming lead to loss of income from coffee exports
        
        Can cause food supply shocks to rest of world
      - Geographical location
        
        Philippines- vulnerable to natural disasters. Loss of intermediate income from labour. Destruction of assests including crops
  - - - many in third-world countries remain poor due to illiteracy and no proper education
        
        Sub-Saharan Africa. LIteracy rate 40%
  - - - e.g. Africian countries use primitive methods in agriculture, transport, communication
    - - Sierra Leone -rich in diamonds and minerals. But mining caused and financed civil war, not use to better economy
  - - - Iraq's Gulf war- Per capita GDP fell significantly. Millions live under poverty line
- - - - US policies to disburse food aid as strategy to help increase American farmers' incomes
      - assist hungry populations
  - - - US maize harvest down by 15%
      - Nearly 60% of global land deals in last decade used to grow biofuel crops
  - - - creating employment