“In the 1970s, around 35% of people in developing countries did not get enough calories to eat. By 2015, this had fallen by almost two-thirds to just 13%. Many still face huge problems. In 2021, around 770 million people in the world – almost one in 10 – did not get enough food. But it doesn’t have to be this way. **The world now produces far, far more food than it needs**. ([Location 607](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=607))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[optimism]], [[conditional-optimism]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[technology]], [[gratitude]], [[fertilisers]], [[ammonia]], [[statistics]], [[food-security]], **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]