People need food aid not because they are in a drought, but because they can't trade with the people who have the food. Solve that problem, and you solve the f

People need food aid not because they are in a drought, but because they can't trade with the people who have the food. Solve that problem, and you solve the food problem. Lots of people live in inhospitable, drought stricken countries at a population level that the land itself could never support. The key is in trade. The people have to develop something they can trade for food to escape from food aid.