Hunger was not a problem in the Third World until the Industrial Revolution began. It was then that Western countries began to invade and colonise the South. Once they were colonised, all the food grown in those countries became the property of the wealthy West and after paying the heavy taxes they were forced to pay, the local people couldn't afford to buy it. This meant they had to borrow money and by the time colonisation ended many people were deeply in debt.
Despite this debt, they needed to borrow yet more money to rebuild their lives. This money was loaned to them by wealthier countries but far from being a compensation of sorts and the solution to their problems, it was a money-making scheme for the wealthier countries and only increased the problems in the South. It came with interest and the longer they took to repay the money, the more interest the Southern countries had to pay. Despite the interest they were paying, the Southern countries also had to use their land to grow food for Western livestock in return for their loan and since the introduction of factory farming following World War II, there was more livestock than ever before.
A large amount of land in the South is still being used to grow food for our livestock but this is not the only meat-related cause of hunger. Well intentioned charities and other organisations have introduced meat production to Southern countries in an attempt to alleviate the hunger and are robbing vulnerable communities of what little economic stability they have. Read on for just two examples.
1. Bangladesh- Battery farming has been introduced here when there is little money to spare to sustain the farms, widespread unemployment and massive food shortages. Far from benefiting local people, the system has only increased their dependency on the West for machinery and building materials and reduced the amount of land available for them to grow food on. It has also reduced the number of jobs available as battery farms are run largely by machines.
2. India- Poultry farming was introduced here to reduce India's dependency on the West and combat the hunger problem yet the reverse has happened. The chickens require large amounts of food and drugs which can only be obtained from the West. It costs the farmer so much to provide these that he has to sell the meat expensively to make a profit. Local people can't afford to buy the meat so the farmer has to export it for very little money.
The main thing you can do is go veggie or vegan and encourage others to do the same. If more people do this, less animals will be bred for food and less food will be needed for them. It may then be possibly to grow enough food for them in Europe without needing land in the Third World as well.
The other thing you can do is be selective about which Third World aid organisations you donate your money to. Many organisations use the money they're given to set up farms in Third World countries which produce meat. Although their intention is to relieve hunger, the systems are often too difficult to sustain without depending heavily on the assistance of wealthier nations which often comes with conditions attached.
Charities which invite you to send an animal to a Third World family should also be avoided because transportation is extremely traumatic for the animal selected unless (and this is worse!) it is raised on an overcrowded farm in the country concerned. Animals sent to Third World families via these schemes lead tiring and hungry lives and almost all are killed and eaten, if not straight away then eventually. Furthermore, they only alleviate hunger for one family and only on a short-term basis. In the long-term, they take up lots of precious living space and are just another mouth to feed. In places where people and animals live close together and nobody is vaccinated, they also encourage the spread of disease.