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Causes of World Hunger 
POVERTY
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Not every person in poverty is battling chronic hunger, but every person battling chronic hunger is in poverty
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Many who live in poverty are hungry due to not being able to afford the food needed to grow or produce
FOOD SHORTAGES
Food shortages reduce class concentration among school-going children and also reduces playground and social activities which are essential for their growth
COPING STRATEGIES:
Purchasing unhealthy, inexpensive food
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Finding food becomes the main focus when there is shortages causing medical issues to be pushed aside
WAR & CONFLICT
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Syria: 12 million were abandoned from their homes, leading to the country's hunger crisis
Yemen: Red Sea Port, the main food source, was shut down causing urgent food assistance
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Wars are violent and harmful, but destruction of resources can create a more catastrophic harm than bombs and bullets.
POOR NUTRITION
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The immediate cause of undernutrition involves insufficient dietary intake of nutritional foods or disease, which can prevent the absorption of nutrients consumed
GENDER INEQUALITY
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over 1.1 billion female farmers don’t have access to the tools needed to fully participate in the agricultural industry
Women own less land, have limited ability to hire labor, and have impeded access to credit, extension, and other services
agricultural sector is underperforming, in part, because men and women to not have equal access to the resources and opportunities their need to be productive
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