20 million to starve in africa

[farmaholic]

Bubble gum, haywire and duct tape fixes.....

[JoeyJeremiah]

People were saying the same ****ing thing 30+ years ago. If anything, Africans need investment in all forms of birth control. If you can't sustain yourself in this world, you sure as hell can't support kids - no matter in the developed or 3rd world.

The world child mortality rate has been reduced by half since 1990. Though there is still a long ways to go, I would say things are improving.

[bucket]

"""""""The United Nations needs $4.4bn by the end of next month to prevent "a catastrophe" of hunger and famine in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen, according to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

More than 20 million people face starvation in the four countries and action is needed now to avert a humanitarian disaster, Guterres told a news conference at UN headquarters on Wednesday.

"We need $4.4 billion by the end of March to avert a catastrophe," he said.""""""""


Nope....they need a few thousand tonnes of grain for food.....pay the countries making food and more importantly the farmers ....
rather than writing cheques to dictators.....


Never ate a dollar bill in my life.

[bucket]

Watch Trudeau give cash instead of actually addressing the real issue.

[farmaholic]

No sense sending "poisonous" durum!

[bucket]

Peas lentils chickpeas wheat sits on the prairies....


Trudeau should buy the grain, get it moving and give it to the countries...better for Canadian farmers to have the money rather than the dictators or others that can't solve the problem.

[bucket]

20 million pounds of grain per day is 10000 tonnes. A unit train per day is required to help these countries with a food shortage.

Can't and won't be done.....they will talk about it until the 20 million die....

[errolanderson]

bucket, i have travelled Africa extensively and one thing I learned was; Africa will never change.

Tribal control means the goods for the people are often intercepted for profit and corruption.

The African continent is far bigger than North America and they could feed the world themselves, but that won't and will never happen.

[bucket]

Then shoot the ****ing tribes in control....

you are kidding right? .....that nothing will change.....there is technology to pinpoint and destroy the problem .....but can't be solved.




Why the **** have we spent time and effort in the middle east ****ing around over oil that we don't have a shortage of?

The Irvings might need middle east oil ....no one else does.

[errolanderson]

Then shoot the ****ing tribes in control....

you are kidding right? .....that nothing will change.....there is technology to pinpoint and destroy the problem .....but can't be solved.




Why the **** have we spent time and effort in the middle east ****ing around over oil that we don't have a shortage of?

The Irvings might need middle east oil ....no one else does.

And then welcome the next dictator . . . .

[workboots]

Iv been to the worst places in Africa a couple of times. I Seen first hand the government corruption and the suffering that these dictators have caused.

Corruption is absolutely rampant at every level of government and over time iv realized that the only way out of the mess in places like this is widespread civil unrest. Even with a total breakdown of control in these places you have the chinese so vested in the resources that they have established a large military presence. The bloodshed from a coup would be unimaginable.

I honestly beleive in giving to the suffering, but i fume with frustration thinking that it would only help support the horrible structure that in place. True Capitalist system could make some of these place flourish beyond our wildest imaginations. A good socialist system would be required prior to this, educate the hell out of the people and then bring in some good solid capital investment from outside. I think over the next 20 0r 30 years we'll see the people of cuba living a lot better lives. The medical advancements happening in cuba are incredible and will help lift this highly educated country up out of poverty.

That place might still be a free brothel for expats if Castro didn't take over. A little history lesson for some of you.

Any of you have daughters?

Iv also worked with farmers in Africa. They are using some incredible gardening techniques to help sustain themselves in remote areas that have NOTHING else.

We are so bloody fortunate, you cant even comprehend the circumstances that some "Farmers" live in.

[Guest]

Give them grain they will eat for a while; teach them to farm...?