There is a massive disparity in the cost of basic nourishment around the world and when people go hungry, it is often because food is unaffordable. The scale of the gulf in food costs was starkly illustrated by a World Food Programme (WFP) report which sought to measure the "true" cost of a plate of food across the world. Someone in India would also find those ingredients readily affordable, paying $9.25 or 4.5 percent of daily income. That would entail working for a day and a half for a simple plate of food, resulting in hunger. The WFP found that the real price of a plate of bean stew in South Sudan would be $321.70.

Source: Forbes March 26, 2018 12:11 UTC