Hunger | Technology and Market Forces Can Increase Food Production
Environmentalists tend to be alarmists. They have to be, to get their voices heard. The day-to-day traumas of politics and economics—a coup here, a currency crisis there—seize the attention of policymakers and elbow aside, week after week, the slower pace of environmental change. Besides, many environmental changes, especially in the rich world, appear to threaten neither health nor wealth. If the fish vanish from a river or the city air becomes hazier, the costs—in anything more than emotion—may be slight. In the rich world, many more people almost certainly die in traffic...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: What Are the Causes of Hunger?
- Hunger in the World: An Overview
- Overpopulation Causes Hunger
- Overpopulation Has Caused Hunger in Africa
- Environmental Limits on World Food Production Can Lead to Hunger
- Desertification Contributes to World Hunger
- Hunger Is Not Caused by Overpopulation
- The Policies of Northern Nations Contribute to Famine in Africa
- Wars Are the Primary Cause of Famine
- Genocidal Governments Create Famine
- World Bank Policies Contribute to World Hunger
- Desertification Is Not a Serious Threat
- Chapter 2: Is Hunger a Serious Problem in the United States?
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Chapter 3: Can Technological Advances Increase Food Production?
- Technology and Food Production: An Overview
- Technological Progress Increases Food Production
- Technology and Market Forces Can Increase Food Production
- Modern Agricultural Practices Are Beneficial
- Biotechnology Can Enhance Food Production
- Modern Agricultural Methods Threaten the Food Supply
- Modern Agricultural Practices Are Destructive
- The Industrial Food Production System Harms Poor Nations
- Biotechnology Is Dangerous
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Chapter 4: How Can Hunger and Famine Be Reduced?
- U.S. Aid for Development Can Reduce Hunger
- A Wide Variety of Foreign Aid Can Reduce Hunger
- Empowering Poor Women Can End Chronic Hunger
- Humanitarian Intervention Can Relieve Famine
- Poor Countries Should Implement Famine- Prevention Systems
- Democracy Prevents Famine
- Satellite Technology Can Help Prevent Famine
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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