Availability and access to food for people in different countries is a general concern. This is what Epoch Times reporters from Australia to Peru found when they asked locals:
 Sunshine Coast, Australia |
 Dubai, Emirates Yes, I think there is enough food in the world, but sadly it’s not evenly distributed and that’s why starvation and poverty are still in many countries, unfortunately. |
 Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. No. I think a lot of children are going hungry; a lot of elderly are going hungry. |
 Bangalore, India No, I don’t think there is enough food to feed the world as the populations are increasing dramatically and the forest and agricultural land is decreasing due to urbanization, hence there is not enough food to feed the world. |
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil There is enough food to feed the world, but not everyone has access to it. It is a duty of each state in the world to feed its population, because there is quite a lot food available. |
 Puerto Montt, Chile I don’t think so, already in Africa people are starving. For several reasons: the super settlement, misdistribution of food, the pollution of the sea, the loss of species both in seeds and in fauna, the almost virtual disappearance of bees, and the pollution of the planet. On the other hand scientists create transgenic seeds that produce pathogenic diseases, so I see it very difficult for the little food available to feed the entire world population. |
 Wellington, New Zealand Awe yeah, I reckon there’s definitely not. There’s too much starvation going on in the whole of the world. You know the rich countries are just looking after themselves. … It’s all been going wrong ever since the yanks and the Russians have been flying stuff up into space. That’s where all the money has been wasted. Now we’re getting all the rubbish coming back down. Look at America’s debt. They are meant to be the most powerful nation, but they owe the biggest debt. |
 Itagui, Colombia I think there is enough food, but sometimes there is manipulation by those who have better access to those resources, be it for their own benefits, political, economic, or religious reasons. They manipulate the food and don’t provide it to people. Always it is because those who have the power have the control to manipulate the resources. |
 Italy (Tourist in Dubai) |
 Lima, Peru Yes, I think so, there is still food in the world, including here in Peru. In the provinces when I travel, I see a lot of food. In Ica where my family live, there are lots of fruit and beans. We have cotton production. In the highland areas we have potatoes, quinoa, amaranth, etc. In Nazca and Palpa, we have tangerines, tuna, and dates. In general, in all regions there is plenty of food. |
| Look for the Global Q&A column every week. Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities. Next week’s global question: “How would you describe your country in one sentence?”
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