Distribution is a problem but trucking food from one country to a poor country is not the fix to end world hunger forever. Food aid is fine as a temporary solution but moving food from one country with a surplus to a poor country as a long term solution will just destroy the local agricultural industry which would keep these nations dependent on other countries for food. This happened with the clothing industry in many African nations. The West dumped so much clothing into many African nations as charity that local clothing shops and tailors have to compete with free clothing, thus the clothing industry is unable to flourish. The best solution is to help these nations improve their local food productivity and grow their economy.

[–] kofe@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So, we shouldn't feed people because capitalism. Got it.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I never said we shouldn’t feed people. Just that fixing the distribution problem alone isn’t the end all fix to end world hunger. And this isn’t about capitalism since even in a socialist country where all the workers own the means of production, you know like farmers, there is an economy that can collapse. Yes we should feed hungry people by giving them food but we should also help them increase their food productivity so that their economy doesn’t collapse because of the influx of food. Since most poor countries are agricultural economies.

Keeping poor nations poor and dependent on aid isn’t good either.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Pretty sure they are just suggesting we teach people to fish