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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. It is important that the weakest links in the food chain are removed or strengthened. The first step is to increase production per hectare. There is still much progress to be made in this respect in developing countries, where the number of crops is sometimes ten times lower than in, for example, Western countries. Matters such as poor storage and distribution, inadequate packaging materials or simply too low income to export or distribute food play a major role in making healthy food available. For the populations of wealthy countries, food is still so inexpensive that there is no reason to exercise any restraint. But in emerging countries like India and China, we see both significant economic growth and large-scale migration to cities. This automatically leads to price increases, causing inequality to arise between the wealthy and the poor. As a result, the percentage of the global population that suffers from hunger in spite of living in a growth economy is increasing.
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