<sod>==Common causes==<eod>
<sod>==Common causes== Causes of hunger are related to poverty. There are inter-related issues causing hungrer, which are related to economics and other factors that cause poverty. They include land rights, and ownership, diversion of land use to non productive use, increasing emphasis on export oriented agriculture, inefficient agricultural practices, war, famine, drought, over fishing, poor crop yield, etc.<eod>