African countries

[dimpy.handa]

I do not see any possiblity of African countries being able to feed themselves only by being more organized. what is needed is a seismic shift in agricultural policies, and like south africa is doing, there may be only one choice available: acceptance of GM foods. it might not be the best thing to do for such a continent where most agriculture is still organic, but death by hunger is worse. Good topic to debate.

 

[dimpy.handa]

Around 60 percent of African workers are employed by the agricultural sector, with about three-fifths of African farmers subsistence farmers. Subsistence farms provide a source of food and a relatively small income for the family, but generally fail to produce enough to make re-investment possible. Africa's most valuable exports are minerals and petroleum. A few countries possess and export the vast majority of these resources. Africa is the least industrialized continent; only South Africa, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia in general have substantial manufacturing sectors. Despite readily available cheap labour, nearly all of the continent's natural resources are exported for secondary refining and manufacturing.

 

[deepakraam]

Africa is still a continent that remains the same when I read it in Geography lessons.It has gone bad and hunger is taking its toil.Adding fuel to the fire the unrest in parts of the continent. There is an unequal growth.Some countries are doing fairly better but majority of them are still 20-30 yrs behind the developing countries.Other countries must establish a forum to talk about the problems in Africa and must help them out.There is a huge market lying there.Kenya is a country where there is already mobile banking up and running.If we can help them it is definitely going to help the planet.

-Deepak.

 

[dimpy.handa]

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