Of this number, 35% reside in South Asia; 30% in
East Asia; 22.5% in sub-Saharan Africa; and the other 12.5% live in
Latin America, Middle East and North Africa (Pinstrup-Andersen,
Pandya-Lorch, & Rosegrant, 2001). This is even more worrisome when
placed in the context of future population growth dynamics, where the
bulk of population growth would occur in developing countries (Evans,
2009). These challenges require that the way food is produced, stored,
processed, distributed, and accessed (the entire food supply or “farm to
fork” chain) be assessed and appropriately reviewed (Godfray et al.,
2010).