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“The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change” By Roger Thurow – The Washington Post

Monday, September 10, 2012 15:52
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By Paul Collier, Published: September 8

Here we go again: A drought in the Dakotas is sending world maize prices through the roof. Someone somewhere will go hungry; that someone will be a child, and that somewhere will be a coastal city in an impoverished African country, whose people are fed by imported food. Why is Africa so dependent on imported food, despite being the least urbanized and most land-abundant continent?

It is because African agriculture is so unproductive. Indeed, farm productivity is so low that not only are African farmers unable to feed Africa’s cities, they are unable to feed themselves. Day by day, year by year, hunger is even more common on Africa’s farms than on the streets of its cities….Book Review @ “The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change” By Roger Thurow – The Washington Post:



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