Currently, it takes 1.2 billion metric tons of grain such as wheat, corn, rice, and barley to feed the world's population. Each year an additional 0.25 billion metric tons of grain must be produced to account for the increase in population that year. In perspective- the world population will eat more grain in the next 50 years than has been produced since the rise of agrigulture. Food production can be increased, but the long-term solution to the problem of producing enough food lies in controlling the human population growth. The world's poorest people live in developing countries of Asia, Africa,and Latin America where hunger is common.
Poverty is also a problem in developed nations.
150 plants are cultivated extensively 4. The problem in Africa 5. Some suggestions A. Raise the standard of living in developing countries 1. First step - providing adequate nutrition and health care facilities B. Improve existing crops and develop new crops 1. If we ate grain directly, there would be more food in this county.