Writer Warns of Threat From Hunger

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In the most recent edition of Fortune magazine, Mark Koba, a freelance writer, warns that the next world war may very well be fought over food.
“The world has a massive food crisis on its hands,” Koba writes.
“The crisis is so big that organizations like the World Bank and the United Nations say there won’t be enough food to feed the global population when it jumps from the current seven billion people to nine billion by 2050.”
But, Koba adds, some research suggests there may be a major food shortage as soon as 2030, or a mere 15 years from now.
That may not seem like a very long time, but would seem long enough to find a way to avoid a global catastrophe.
But many experts say solutions won’t be easy or popular.
“To address food security, we need a shift in the way we address poverty and inequality in the world,” Stephen Scanlan, a professor of sociology at Ohio University, told Koba.

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Al Hutchison: Hunger’s threat to peace
Published: January 3, 2015