Christopher concludes a journal article he has written with this sentence: "This irony points out that hunger is probably not a problem of production; it is a problem of distribution." What irony is Christopher likely referring to?
A) There really is not enough food to go around.
B) Food production has been steadily increasing,often in countries experiencing widespread hunger.
C) The gendered nature of hunger disproportionately affects men.
D) Although often seen as a privileged group,poor whites constitute the largest segment of hungry people in the world.

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The irony that Christopher is likely referring to is that even though food production has been increasing, there are still large numbers of people experiencing hunger. This suggests that the problem is not one of production, but rather one of distribution.

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