The Indian subcontinent has nearly half the world's hungry people. United Nations World Food Program Poverty is the main cause of hunger. Poor people often lack access to land to grow food or inadequate income to buy food. Often it takes just a few simple resources for impoverished people to be able to become self-sufficient. These resources include quality seeds, appropriate tools, and access to water.
Educated people are best able to break out of the cycle of poverty that causes hunger .
A 1995 study by Tufts University estimates that 20 to 30 million Americans are too poor to meet their monthly expenses and buy enough food to live healthy, productive lives. In 1994 the Urban Institute in Washington DC estimated that one out of 6 elderly people in the U.S. has an inadequate diet. The problem, in fact, is not a lack of money, but a series of decisions on how money gets spent. Enough money is available to end worse case poverty in a few years and enough food to provide everyone in the world with a minimally nutritious diet right now. Young children are more likely to be poor than any other age group, and that disparity is growing.