At the Global Level, Which of the Following Best Explains

question 369

Multiple Choice

At the global level, which of the following best explains the fact that around one-fifth of the world's human population subsists on insufficient and inadequate diets?

• A) Extra food is produced but does not often get to those who need it.
• B) Rapid population growth has outstripped increases in world food production.
• C) Environmental degradation has curtailed increases in world food production.
• D) World food production is insufficient due to the inefficiencies of socialism.

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