I. The Geography of HungerII. World Food SupplyI. The Geography of Hunger• The FAO estimates that 842 million people do not get enough food on a daily basis.• According the Bread for the World, one person in five suffers from persistent hunger worldwide, compared to one in three 25 years ago.• In absolute numbers, South Asia has the most hunger, however, countries in sub-Saharan Africa have a much greater proportion of their populations that are undernourished.• According to the World Health Organization, 19,000 children die every day as a result of malnutrition and related illnesses. • Child hunger and malnutrition is concentrated in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa where the incidence ranges from 30 to 60 percent.II. World Food Supply• Global per capita grain production increased from 1950 to 1984 by 38%, growing faster than population. Since then it has begun to fall behind population growth. • Estimates suggest that globally, enough food is produced for each person to consume at least 2,700 calories per day. • Global trends conceal huge geographic variations. China and India have both experienced large increases in per capita food production since the 1970s, whereas per capita production in sub-Saharan Africa has actually declined. • Almost half of total grain produced is consumed as livestock feed.• Over the past 30 years, there has be a trend toward decreasing national food self-sufficiency in TW countries, because of economic dependency on export crop production and availability of cheap food imports.• Under Public Law 480 (1954), the US supplies cheap grain and food aid to Third World countries as part of its strategic foreign