Food Security in the News
Check out the articles below highlighting some key issues in agriculture and food security, including expected population growth, and the current drought plaguing East Africa. Leave your comments; we’d love to hear what you think.
Four-year drought pushes 23 million Africans to brink of starvation (The Times Online)
Carcasses litter a parched and barren wilderness (The Times Online)
Experts Worry as Population and Hunger Grow (New York Times)
Uganda food crisis undermining efforts to fight HIV/Aids (The Guardian)
Cholera breaks out in Zimbabwe again amid fears of an epidemic in summer rains (The Times Online)
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October 22, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Thanks Beth for posting these very important articles. I hope that many people who visit the ONE Blog will read them.
Food security is one of the biggest issues facing Africa today. I especially appreciated the Guardian article about Uganda. It mirrors what I have been told for months from people in that country. I’m very concerned about many people’s futures in Africa with the precarious food situation in the Continent.
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October 24, 2009 at 8:27 pm
We’ll have free trade agreements nullified, disease-free food & happy cows in no time! Thanks for your help!