Friday, 24 September 2010

Food Price Riots (Again)

While I was off, the news included food price riots in Africa ....... this should be no surprise, but interestingly I noted that all the coverage blamed the Russian drought, flooding elsewhere; and even rising living standards in the third world ..... but not one mention of the Elephant in the room, World Population Growth in the 'third world'.

Until that issue is addressed, the issue of too many mouths, and not enough food will come back ever more often. Oddly the latest riots were in Mozambique and in Africa, there is vast scope for agricultural expansion but for corruption and incompetence.

Food Riots in Mozambique part of over population trend?
Zimbabwe is a good example of these twin evils, which mean Africa, which could be the bread basket of the world is one of the trouble spots.

However Malawi for example has shown that some simple reforms can turn an African state from a food aid recipient, into a net exporter (or at least self sufficiency) ..... so it can be done.      

Malawi has reformed its agriculture 


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