Recently a survey was conducted by the U.N. worldwide.
The question asked was, "Would you please give your opinion about the food shortage in the rest of the world?"
The survey was a huge failure.
In Africa they did not know what 'food' meant. In Western Europe, they did not know what 'shortage' meant. In Eastern Europe they did not know what 'opinion' meant. In South America they did not know what 'please' meant. And in the U.S. they did not know what 'the rest of the world' meant.
Gravity....not just a good idea, it's the law! My Magic
There is and never has been a food shortage since 1950, the problem has always been and will be distribution. Food is great power, so the local power mongers/rebels/whatever do not want to lose the leverage.
Remember "CARE", I do, I also remember seeing how the rats where eating the grain because the locals would not release the food.
I remember reading one report where they gave grain and tractor to a African tribe which promply ate the grain and made the tractor a GOD.
Recently the Chinese bought a new destroyer, state of the art. One problem, all the crewman bowed to boat as they thought is was.... yep you got it, a GOD.
So, look closely at the figures of the amount of land farmed (less than before) and the amounts produced using the hybrids. Had a friend who leased 18000 acres to ADM, talk about mechanized? Laser controlled leveling, crop rotation, the only reason they had to have a person in the tractors or combines is in case of system failure.
More food than ever is available, it's not expensive, it's just controlled. When you see starving people ask why does their government allow this when the food is free?