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Hunger is Man-Made: The Political Economy of Food Scarcity

Key Insights
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  • 500+ million people suffer from hunger despite global food abundance
  • Famines are historical/political events, not inevitable natural phenomena
  • Colonial systems deliberately shifted agriculture from subsistence to cash crops
  • The “Green Revolution” worsened inequality by concentrating resources among elites
  • Modern agribusiness and international debt maintain structures of dependency
  • “Food First” requires democratizing control over food production resources

References
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  1. Tiranti, D., Stalker, P., Offley, C., Lappé, F. M., & Nebraskans for Peace. (1977). Food first : beyond the myth of scarcity. Nebraskans for Peace.
  2. Sen, A. (1981). Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation. Oxford University Press.
  3. Patel, R. (2007). Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. Melville House.
  4. Shiva, V. (1991). The Violence of the Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology, and Politics. Zed Books.
  5. McMichael, P. (2005). Global Development and the Corporate Food Regime. Monthly Review Press.
  6. Clapp, J. (2017). Food. Polity Press.