Smith, R. (2015, September 28). Even Poor Countries End Up Wasting Tons Of Food. NPR.Retrieved November 15, 2015, from http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/09/28/444188475/even-poor-countries-end-up-wasting-tons-of-food

Due to poor infrastructure and bad distribution networks, about half of the food in developing countries is wasted and never even gets sold. Each year about $1 trillion worth of food is wasted, but in poor countries most of the food that is wasted because of poor transportation and storage methods. Even though so much food is wasted, thousands of people are still hungry. Therefore, so solve world hunger, companies should improve—not increase—food production. The amount of energy it takes to produce this wasted food adds billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year.

Food production is an extremely prevalent environmental issue because it contributes to global warming and requires tons of land. Improving aspects of crop production and distribution in developing countries can control the amount of wasted food and decrease unnecessary environmental impacts. I think that fixing those things should be the first step to reduce world hunger, because they can be fixed easier than a drought or weather disaster.