Sunday, February 21, 2010
Stumbling In The Race To Feed Africans
The article starts off by talking briefly about how once China and India adopted the use of technological agriculture they were able to become economic powerhouses. But this migration of technological agriculture skipped over sub-saharant Africa and there is now a split between people who want to bring productivity to the farms of Africa or the people who are more concerned with the idea of organic farming and sustainability.
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As a SHAKEPOVERTY Ambassador here at Ohio Wesleyan University this article really struck a cord within myself. The article mainly focuses on Mr. Gates efforts to bring a green revolution to sub-Saharan Africa; however, the roots of the argument that ensued ran much deeper than what meets the eye. For many years now people and organizations have been raising money to help relieve people from poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, yet much of their efforts have been pushed to the wayside, as we have created a nation of dependency. The idea behind this being that if you raises money and simple supply people with food (lets say fish) they become dependent on that supply of food (nothing is sustainable). Now for instance, if you raise money to purchase fishing poles and donate your time to teach people in sub-Saharan Africa to fish they are rewarded with a sustainable source of food to pull themselves out of poverty in the long run. The same goes for farming and agriculture in this region of the world. “Teach a man to fish and he shall feast forever”.
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