Lack of food is not the problem.
People go hungry and die because they are too poor to buy enough food .
Many people in the developing world cannot afford enough food to keep themselves and their families alive. Pesticides are mostly used on export crops for the First World Not for food for the Third World Most of the pesticides that are used in the Third World are used on export crops which go to the people of the First World. Most small farmers who are just trying to grow their own food can't afford to buy pesticides. The First World and the Third World Information taken from the May 2000 issue of the New Internationalist.