With almost 1 billion undernourished people in the world, land degradation, and climate change, fundamentals appear to be in place to support food prices for the long run.

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The food agency of the United Nations, the FAO, estimates that there are 925 million undernourished people in the world, largely because the calories produced worldwide (which should be sufficient) are not effectively utilized and distributed.

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Still, in a world where more than a billion people are undernourished and the population is still growing, every little hurts.

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While many people are undernourished today, mass starvation is rare and mass starvation that is wholly innocent of human interference virtually never occurs.

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In spite of these resources, a number of our people are below the poverty line, undernourished and lack primary education itself.

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In statistics used to underline the unequal access to food, the IFRC stressed there were 1.5 billion people suffering obesity worldwide last year, while 925 million were undernourished.

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