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Abstract
One of the major causes of malnutrition is poverty that, in order to be eradicated needs sustainable development mechanisms and a more equitable distribution of wealth, especially in the agricultural sector. It is estimated that 75% of those under poverty level live in rural communities and are primarily small-scale farmers. This explain why a point of growth in Gross Domestic Product generated by the agricultural sector has twice the effect in reducing poverty and hunger, compared with economic growth generated by other sectors.The increase of the world population, the influx on the market of the consumption requirements of populations previously excluded, and the continuing existence of structural gaps in the global distribution of income pose the inevitable dilemma of finding a practical path to sustainable development. Alongside these medium-to-long term trends, financial speculation in commodities are further conditioning price quotation mechanisms thus consumptions levels. This highlight the existence of deep-seated problems in the mechanisms of income distribution, as well as natural and energy resources.