Record Harvests, Persistent Hunger

FAO and USDA project record global cereal production and U.S. corn yields, and per‑capita calories have risen to ~3,000/day. Yet 2.6 billion people still can’t afford a healthy diet and current famines are driven by political failure, not failed crops. — This reframes food‑security debates away from Malthusian scarcity toward affordability, distribution, and governance as the main levers.