Hunger persists in our world because people cannot afford to buy food or because they are denied access to the land, water and other resources they need to produce their own food.  When we mistakenly define the problem as hunger itself, we limit the solution to food charity and distribution. But when we look at the deeper, root causes and define hunger as a symptom, we can see the problem clearly as social injustice. And that is where we can begin to find real solutions to the complex economic, social and environmental issues at the source.

We will not see significant improvements in the hunger statistics in Africa or around the world until we dismantle the broader policies, systems and institutions that perpetuate economic, racial and other social and political inequities. We must invest in the many community-led solutions and social movements that are nourishing people and the planet and support them in leading us in transforming the current food system into one rooted in equity. That is why Fed Villagers works on the following solutions to truly end hunger.