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I think that the key misunderstanding is that hunger is not simply a question of
food availability.
It's not just about maximizing outputs in order to meet increasing demand
and that is not simply because demand is something that you can shape
and work on.
It's also because you will not succeed in combating hunger by increasing the
volumes available if at the same time you have a large number of people who
are poor
and for whom food is unaffordable who therefore will not have access to
the food produced for the markets.
If you double the number of supermarkets in New York or if you oblige
all supermarkets to store lot's of food uh
because
of the risk of shortages you will not have done anything for the very poor
people in New York who are
hungry because they are
just too poor to feed themselves in dignity and so that is the main
the main misperception
hunger is not just a question of uh... increasing production it is also a
matter of social justice, of combating inequality, and fighting against poverty.