ACCORDING to the passage, the major REASON for hunger and starvation in the developing economy is the non-affordability of the food by the poor.It is also the non-availability of food in poor COUNTRIES because of either poor purchasing power of the country or mismatch in supply of food from food surplus regions to food DEFICIT reasons.Therefore, balancing the demand and supply of food and increasing purchasing power of the poor will help in REDUCING hunger and starvation in developing economies. Hence, the correct option is 1 and 3 only.