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Re:Scientists genetically engineer pigs immune to costly dis... by phyzome on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @09:14PM (#17413318)
If you try to solve the hunger problem by producing more food... then what? Now you have an even larger population to feed.

To fix it, we need to reduce the birthrate. In the meantime, we can try not throwing away so much food. (There's already enough to feed everybody, it's mostly a distribution problem.)

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Re:Scientists genetically engineer pigs immune to costly dis... by AdamM12 on Saturday June 30, 2018 @11:37AM (#17431196)
I think this is more of an economic issue. Poor countries, or better stated their population, can't afford to pay for the food. Exact example would be during the Irish famine Ireland was still exporting food the GB as they were able to pay for it. Got the example from "Development as Freedom" [1]

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Development-as-Freedom-Amartya-Sen/dp...

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