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20% of the African population is dependent on food aid. There are now more Africans living in Poverty than at any time in history. How much of our agricultural
by ArkVark 6y ago
20% of the African population is dependent on food aid. There are now more Africans living in Poverty than at any time in history.
How much of our agricultural bounty is sent as food aid, and serves to create only more hungry mouths?
Disabling all food aid, and requiring (/forcing) recipient populations to develop self-sufficiency, is a necessary step to fundamentally improving our agricultural systems. We can assist by providing education and family planning to Women in poverty-stricken countries.
http://www.fao.org/3/X0262E/x0262e21.htm http://www.fao.org/3/X0262E/x0262e21.htm
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2018/11/21/figure-of-the-week-understanding-poverty-in-africa/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2018/11/21/fi...
- ardy42 6y ago> 20% of the African population is dependent on food aid. There are now more Africans living in Poverty than at any time in history. > How much of our agricultural bounty is sent as food aid, and serves to create only more hungry mouths? Also, I've read that such aid basically kneecaps the local economies. A large fraction of the local population is employed in food or clothing production, and the aid ends up just undercutting them and increasing unemployment (and even more dependence on aid).