12 Myths About Hunger
For an updated version of this backgrounder go to http://www.foodfirst.org/12myths
Why so much hunger?
What can we do about it?
To answer these questions we must unlearn much of what we have been taught.
Only by freeing ourselves from the grip of widely held myths can we grasp the roots of hunger and see what we can do to end it.
Myth 1
Not Enough Food to Go Around
12 Myths About Hunger
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Updated by Holly Poole-Kavana based on the book World Hunger: Twelve Myths
Why so much hunger?
What can we do about it?
To answer these questions we must unlearn much of what we have been taught.
Only by freeing ourselves from the grip of widely held myths can we grasp the roots of hunger and see what we can do to end it.
Myth 1:
Not Enough Food to Go Around
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By Peter Rosset
Peter Rosset has a Ph.D. in agricultural ecology and is co-director of Food First.
Also available in PDF format.
Banana War in the Philippines
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