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Africa Can Feed Itself in a Generation, Experts Say
Science Daily ^
| December 3,2010
| Calestous Juma,
Posted on 12/07/2010 8:58:43 AM PST by jmcenanly
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If Africa were governed by rational people, they would be able to break out of poverty. Unfortunately, the things that contribute to the wealth of nations, such as stable governments and the rule of law, are absent from many African nations. No one will invest in an environment where what is allowed and what is punishable can change at the whim of an unaccountable leader.
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posted on
12/07/2010 8:58:49 AM PST
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jmcenanly
To: jmcenanly
can’t blame everything on colonialism. Need more modern farming methods.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:00:56 AM PST
by
brooklyn dave
(Support your local Tea Party)
To: jmcenanly
...assuming extremely high mortality rates and very low birth rates,...
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:03:20 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Socialists are to economics what circle squarers are to math; undaunted by reason or derision.)
To: brooklyn dave
cant blame everything on colonialism. Need more modern farming methods. ...and less bloodthirsty black marxist and muslim dictatorships. In fact, that would probably go a lot further than modern farming methods in the near future.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:03:33 AM PST
by
Turbo Pig
(...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
To: jmcenanly
Stop foreign aid.
They will have to start feeding themselves then.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:04:20 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: jmcenanly
Unfortunately, the things that contribute to the wealth of nations, such as stable governments and the rule of law, are absent from many African nations. No one will invest in an environment where what is allowed and what is punishable can change at the whim of an unaccountable leader. The Mau-mauing of America has just begun.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:04:52 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Socialists are to economics what circle squarers are to math; undaunted by reason or derision.)
To: jmcenanly
lol
a generation!
stop sending food and other aid to Africa and they will be able to feed themselves TOMORROW!
To: jmcenanly
.... i read an article about how China is colonizing Africa.......
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:05:53 AM PST
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: jmcenanly
If the billions in aid and all the other assistance they have received to date are not working, I wonder why???
Nothing will work there until they wean themselves from their unrestrained and primitive blood-lust for pointlessly killing one another.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:06:01 AM PST
by
SMARTY
(Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
To: jmcenanly
If it wasn’t for power hungry thieving socialist dictators - Africa would have been feeding itself for decades.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:06:11 AM PST
by
Triple
(Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
To: brooklyn dave
If you look at their history, you will find they never had a civilization. Some of the excuseologists blamd colonization... but then again, America was a colony, Canada was a colony, Australia was a colony... all which broke away and became members of the G7... the most successful nations.
Africa never had a civilization which is typically marked by organized farming. I blame it on their political system and their crabs in a bucket syndrome, or PHD. If someone gets ahead of the chief, the community pulls him down.
Africa? So rich in resources but its the chiefdoms that bring it down. Not only that, they provide a barrier to democracy as once democracy comes, they lose their land, their wealth and their power.
And if the outside comes to change things, other Robert Mugabes will be there.
To: jmcenanly
They can, but how many times have they proven that they won’t?
To: jmcenanly
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
This is a good one. Let me do the next one.
“We could build a ladder to the Moon, if it wasn’t for all those darned termites!”
To: brooklyn dave
Rhodesia was a net exporter, and now......
Colonialism (at least under British rule) is not to blame, more the thugocracy.
India is now a net exporter, and gives some credit to the institutions left behind by the British.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:09:24 AM PST
by
Fred Hayek
(FUBO! I salute you with the soles of my shoes.)
To: jmcenanly
Zimbabawe and South Africa used to be able to produce enough food to feed all of Africa by themselves. But Mugabe and his ilk have totally and completely wrecked those once prosperous producers.
If Africa wants to get itself together, it has to round up and get rid of the Muagbes. As long as the different tribes and groups allow that type of leadership, it will always be a basket case.
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12/07/2010 9:11:49 AM PST
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: jmcenanly
Rhodesia was the breadbasket of southern Africa, cultivated by immigrants who'd mastered the art of raising food in that climate.
Zimbabwe is eating anti-colonialism -- and watching their babies starve. (how many tens of millions of deaths will it take to satisfy Chester Crocker, the American ideologue of anti-colonialism? Well, I guess he's cool with lots of starving babies, as long as they are liberated people of color.)
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:13:38 AM PST
by
RJR_fan
(The press corpse is going through the final stages of Hopium withdrawal. That leg tingle is urine.)
To: jmcenanly
‘Africa can feed itself’
Uh, yeah, sure and Nigeria will be landing on the moon this Spring.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:13:49 AM PST
by
Leg Olam
(A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.)
To: jmcenanly
"in a single generation"
So in 40 years Africa will be able to feed itself? That's just sad.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:13:50 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: jmcenanly
Yes, Africa could feed itself in a generation. But guess which country will be expected to fund the majority of that.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:14:16 AM PST
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: jmcenanly
I bet if you removed all the Muslims from Northern Africa, they would have democracies and could feed themselves fine.
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:16:02 AM PST
by
DannyTN
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