Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-102) and index.

World hunger is a worsening problem / UN Chronicle -- Increasing crop yields will reduce world hunger / Mark W. Rosegrant, Sarah A. Cline -- Free-trade policies can reduce world hunger / John Nash, Donald Mitchell -- Free trade has failed to reduce world hunger / Peter O'Driscoll -- A history of U.S. food aid / Ryan Swanson -- Food aid is failing to address the problem of world hunger / Shahla Shapouri, Stacey Rosen -- Genetic engineering can help solve the problem of world hunger / Jorge E. Mayer, Peter Beyer, Ingo Potrykus -- Genetic engineering is not a solution to the problem of world hunger / Greenpeace -- Hunger should be fought at the local level / Christine Ahn -- Women are key to solving the hunger problem / Katharine Coon -- Small farms are key to solving the hunger problem / Julie Mardin.

Provides a number of different contemporary perspectives on the reasons for world hunger. It also examines ways in which the problem may or may not finally be solved.