Posted on 12/07/2010 8:58:43 AM PST by jmcenanly
— Africa can feed itself. And it can make the transition from hungry importer to self-sufficiency in a single generation.
The startling assertions, in stark contrast with entrenched, gloomy perceptions of the continent, highlight a collection of studies published December 2 that present a clear prescription for transforming Sub-Saharan Africa's agriculture and, by doing so, its economy.
The strategy calls on governments to make African agricultural expansion central to decision making about everything from transportation and communication infrastructure to post-secondary education and innovation investment.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
can’t blame everything on colonialism. Need more modern farming methods.
...assuming extremely high mortality rates and very low birth rates,...
Stop foreign aid.
They will have to start feeding themselves then.
The Mau-mauing of America has just begun.
a generation!
stop sending food and other aid to Africa and they will be able to feed themselves TOMORROW!
.... i read an article about how China is colonizing Africa.......
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.
If it wasn’t for power hungry thieving socialist dictators - Africa would have been feeding itself for decades.
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.
They can, but how many times have they proven that they won’t?
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!”
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.
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.
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.)
‘Africa can feed itself’
Uh, yeah, sure and Nigeria will be landing on the moon this Spring.
So in 40 years Africa will be able to feed itself? That's just sad.
Yes, Africa could feed itself in a generation. But guess which country will be expected to fund the majority of that.
I bet if you removed all the Muslims from Northern Africa, they would have democracies and could feed themselves fine.
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