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martin frick directs the world food program's global office in berlin, which organizes food and cash eriencing humanitarian crises. dr. frick: globally, we afford ourselves to still waste more than a third of the entire food production. so, food insecurity is a matter of social exclusion, of injustice. reporter: experts say there are solutions to each onof our proems. ishane: you look at fertigation, for example, whereby you use the fertilizer in the water, and you dissolve it in the water. you could use much less fertilizer if you use it this way. reporter: ismahane haloufi of the un food and agriculture ganizati says that more than just science is needed to end world hunger. ismahane: there is no silver bullet. technology alone would not work. technology needs the rig policy. it needs the right regulation. reporter: ending world hunger seems to be more difficult than sending a mission to mars, as the problem has to less to do with technology and more to do with fair distribution. ♪ host: what happens if fertilizers become scarce or overly expensive? one simple solution is to opt for

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