Food and aid poured in from most developed countries into the continent, but thanks to the absence of efficient distributionsystem, the hungry remained empty-stomach.
粮食和援助从大多数发达国家涌入这片大陆，但由于缺乏高效的分配系统，饥饿的人们仍然饥肠辘辘。
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The inefficiency of the distributionsystem has led to the loss of millions of tons of food.
分送系统的低效已经造成了数百万吨食物的损失。
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California has been facing a drought for many years now, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distributionsystem.