The correct answer would be alternative A) "most of those increases in agriculture are cash crops reserved for export."
The increase of production of crops doesn't benefit the hungry, as the crops are not meant for them. They're destined to exportation. For this reason, the hungry don't get anything from the increase in production.
One of the ways to prevent hunger in developing countries would be to have this crops used for social programs, and distribute food to the hungry. However, that's not the way it's done.
The land where he needed to build his canal was owned by Colombia and they would not allow it.
They welcomed the Americans and fought alongside them.