Africa's Hunger - A Systemic Crisis
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Africa's hunger - a systemic crisis By Martin Plaut BBC Africa analyst The number of Africans needing food aid has doubled in a decade More than half of Africa is now in need of urgent food assistance. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning that 27 sub-Saharan countries now need help. But what appear as isolated disasters brought about by drought or conflict in countries like Somalia, Malawi, Niger, Kenya and Zimbabwe are - in reality - systemic problems. It is African agriculture itself that is in crisis, and according to the International Food Policy Research Institute, this...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 12:00:29 PM
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