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1. 6 billion ppl in the world livin in precarious existence half in cities and half in
rural areas.
2. It is estimated that about half of the worlds population lives on less than 2
dollars per day
5. People in rural areas live in difficult existence but ppl with lands can atleast
provide food to their families.
7. They move either because they are pushed of their lands or they are in
search of oppurtunities in urban areas after being confounded by difficult
situation in villages.
9. In third world countries ppl from villages are migrating into towns which do
not have sufficient jobs for them and this trned is even continuing even
today.
3. Hunger a major problem in citis as ppl don’t have land as they are forced out
of the land by capitalist issues and the economy cant provide enuf jobs.smal
trading or crime.
4. There is enuf food in all countries and chronic malnutrition and food
insecurity are due to lack of money and not insufficient production.Eg US and
INDIA
5. India wheat rotting when ppl were malnutriotioned.
7. Main reason under capitalism food is jus another commodity >ppl have no
more legal right to food than they have to any other commodity.
Make full use of the commodities that the country is good in producing and
export them which can earn foreign revenue and as a result buy the needed
commodities.
2. This leads to debt and currency crises in the third world due to excessive
borrowing.
4. This stimulates them to produce and export more of the goods that are in
demand neglecting the needs of the local population also this results in less
subsidies and grants by the govt for local needs.
6. Imp to note that when there is a proposal for free trade history shows that all
the so called developed nations have progressed today as a result of
regulatin their trade policies and even today they protect their own trade
interests.
Devastating affects:
3. Deadlock in cancum meeting of WTO where india and brazil refused to accept
a few laws
1. Only reducing subsidies to US farmers wotn help as ther are may other
factors that have to be taken into consideration.
2. Imporving mechanization in order tht the tird world farmers are competitive
results in higher unemployment and higher hunger problems.
3. Only about a 20 capitalist farmers might be able to produce all the agri needs
of the world but the billions that might be displaced wont be able to find jobs
and aas a result will beleft stranded with no means of existence.
Critical obstacles:
3. Decrease in subsidies for fertilizers in africa (they aer sometimes out of reach
of the farmers)