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In their books Food First and World Hunger, Lappe and Collins argue that
 
  a. another Green Revolution could end world hunger.
  b. population growth has created a situation of chronic hunger.
  c. an adequate diet is possible for all if resources are more equitably distributed.
  d. a dependence on cash crops increases hunger in the short term but will eliminate hunger in the long term as LDCs become better integrated into the global economy.

Question 2

According to the inequality explanation, people throughout the world are hungry because
 
  a. natural disasters turn situations of chronic malnutrition into hunger and starvation.
  b. land is allocated to non-essentials for sale instead of basic food crops.
  c. populations are larger than it is possible to feed using the available land.
  d. global warming has made many formerly productive areas agriculturally marginal.



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
b



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