Arkolon wrote:Mollary wrote:The thing is, hardly anywhere is starving. Countries are malnourished, but not starving. Otherwise they wouldn't exist yet.
I said "food on their plates", which would anyway cover malnourishment, but can also be taken as a diminutive for all forms of poverty. Alternatives include "a roof over their heads"; "drinking water"; "warmth and shelter", or "a place to sleep". Even if these do not alone cover the problems faced by the country in question, they all cover the same thing: poverty.
It was more as a reference to back up someone's point that starvation isn't much of an issue, it wasn't aimed at you particularly. Either way, internet increases food supply as impoverished farmers can better plan, along with allowing them access to information on farming techniques.