Feeding our peoples.I was just going over some back copies of African Business and came upon the June 2008 issue with the article entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: 'The Silent Tsunami' by editor Anver Versi on the issue of the soaring cost of food. Although the food crisis in Africa is visible for all to see, you failed to hit the nail on the head to hit most effectively; to do or say a thing in the right way. - Beaconsfield. to describe the most important factor. See also: Nail Nail . The crisis in Africa is a tsunami, but not a silent tsunami. African leaders, politicians and ordinary Africa citizens who focus all their attention on white-collar professions and tend to ignore the agricultural sector exacerbate the problem. Even those who are engaged in farming in Africa today do so because they are unable to find alternative employment. Africans, in collaboration with foreign companies, have also made bio-fuel crop production a priority over growing food crops. Land that should have been used to cultivate food crops is now being given over to growing bio-fuels. In the northern region of Ghana, this has resulted in some farmers completely abandoning food crops in favour of bio-fuels to the great detriment Any loss or harm to a person or property; relinquishment of a legal right, benefit, or something of value. Detriment is most frequently applied to contract formation, since it is an essential element of consideration, which is a prerequisite of a legally enforceable contract. of food availability in the region and very high prices for food crops that are available. The average wealthy African is a person who can feed his family all year round with the food that he or she has produced. The question is, how many Africans can feed their families all year round without recourse A phrase used by an endorser (a signer other than the original maker) of a negotiable instrument (for example, a check or promissory note) to mean that if payment of the instrument is refused, the endorser will not be responsible. to buying food at the local market? African governments have been guilty of not paying sufficient attention to the agricultural sectors of their economies. Farm inputs such as seeds and fertiliser, as well as irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. projects, have not received sufficient subsidies nor the required investment. This has made farming expensive and unattractive. It is time that African leaders, politicians and all policy makers pay attention to the agricultural sector. Africa has vast areas of arable land In geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to plough) is an agricultural term, meaning land that can be used for growing crops. Of the earth's 148,000,000 km² (57 million square miles) of land, approximately 31,000,000 km² (12 million square miles) are and, with proper planning, policies and programmes, is quite able to overcome this tsunami. Issah Issifu Tamale, Ghana Tamale (pronounced ['ta ma lɛ]) is the capital of the Northern Region of Ghana, with a population of 305,000 (2005). It is mostly populated by Dagomba people who speak Dagbani and are followers of Islam. |
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