CEVAP:

There are four main causes:

§ The production of biofuels takes over land for growing corn and sugar cane.

§ The increasing consumption of meat in the developed countries, as well as in China and India, requires an increased output of feed such as corn and soybeans.

§ Deregulating foreign food trade towards the end of the 20th century meant the destabilization of production, reserves, and the consumption of food in most countries.

§ The monopolization of food production is practiced by American companies with four corporations dominating most farming business and bringing local farmers to bankruptcies. Small farms produce healthy and tasty products while the giant farming business offers unhealthy and tasteless food.