In spite of the advances made in agriculture, many people around the world still go hungry. Why is this cause? What can be done about this problem?

It is observed that many people around the globe are starving, despite the developments in the cultivation sector. The main reason for

this

is the

income

disparity and a possible solution would be the taxing of high

income

earners and promoting

food

supply programmes.

To begin

with, the modern technological advancements in agriculture have brought dramatic increment in the global

food

supply. In spite of

this

, people in many developing countries still struggle for daily meals because of the inequality in wealth distribution, which makes poor people poorer.

As a result

, increased

food

supply is channeled towards the rich people, leaving financially unfortunates with no meals or no money to buy them. To illustrate, Ghana achieved a remarkable progress in farming practices in the recent past, which improved the

food

supply to a greater extent.

However

, the

income

disparity in Ghana is high, as a consequence, 38% of citizens are still suffering from starvation.

Further

, to tackle

this

issue, governments ought to impose higher taxes on wealthy people.

Hence

, more money would be available to fund programmes, which focus on supplying meals to poor people.

As a result

, more

food

would be available to the needy people, and it will contribute positively to the economy of the country as well.

For instance

, in 2017, the

income

tax rate of Vietnam was doubled, and the tax money was transferred to a programme on eliminating malnutrition.

This

helped to bring down the proportion of malnutrition children by 2% in the preceding year. To conclude,

income

disparity in many developing countries makes more hungry people,

although

, the global

food

supply is improved due to technological improvements.

However

, I believe,

this

can be solved through imposing high taxes on excess wealth.