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The Challenge to Feed the World in the 21st Century: Useless, Harmful, and Helpful Policies
AEI
2025.10.16
Hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity remain significant global problems, but instead of working toward solutions, Western governments are implementing policies guaranteed to reduce food production.

Environmental benefits often attributed to policies that support biofuels, organic agriculture, land conservation programs, and similar strategies appear to be moderate or disappear once their impacts on conversion of forested lands to agriculture are considered.

The United Nations and the European Commission propose reducing food loss and waste and eating fewer animal products as strategies to combat food scarcity, but neither approach would likely be effective.

To address world hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity, the United States and other rich countries must stop enacting policies and supporting production practices that reduce agricultural yields, divert production from food to fuel, and encourage the conversion of forested lands to agricultural production across the world.