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The world cannot feed itself. Discuss
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The world cannot feed itself. Discuss Across the world at the moment there are ten's of millions of people starving, either the world is not producing enough food to feed its population, or the distribution of food is so uneven, that the world produces enough food, but the starving never receive the extra food. For example in Ghana, West Africa, most people own farms (around 70%) and lack of food is not a problem, what is a problem is that their main crop is cocoa beans, this cannot be eaten until it has been processed, and in Ghana they do not do the processing, they sell the crops abroad, for a small amount of money, and the buyer's process the crops and sell of chocolate bars for a much higher price than they paid. The land in Ghana is extremely suitable for Cocoa beans growth, and many other crops, but cocoa beans...
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