the goods. This economic situation is the effect of what we are seeing in the context of the food problem today. In order to understand how economics contribute to food problem, we must first acknowledge that the use economic growth has been a measurement used to determine the development of a country, thus dividing the world into a ' first world', 'second world' or 'third world' country.
             This development gap between the ' first world' and the 'third world' has led to an imbalance in the production and availability of food between these nations. Countries in the 'second world' and 'third world' condition faces lower economic productivity and slower growth as compared to countries in the ' first world', resulting in an unequal distribution of wealth and income among countries (Cochrane, 1969). This unequal distribution of wealth deprives poorer nation their purchasing power of attaining food for their basic human needs as the prices of food in the economy market is set at an unattainable price for them, while the rich nations are able to buy up a huge portion of the world food resources. This phenomenon was clearly illustrated in the assessment made by the UN World Food conference in 1974, where people in the developed countries were taking in on average more than 23% of the required energy intake for an adult, while people in the developing countries were taking in 5% lesser than the requirement (Radha, 1976), concluding that rich people therefore do not suffer from food shortage (Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues, 1985).
             The unequal distribution of wealth and ec
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