Before the food crisis that now rocks the world, it was fashionable to say that most Africans lived on less that US$1 a day. With what is happening now, many more would be living on less that one US cent a day before long! Suddenly, there is a food shortage resulting in soaring prices. As usual, the worst hit places are the Third World countries as evident in the riots in
The
We are glad to see that the
It is also heartening that UN is not folding its arms. According to reports, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has already set up a task force to deal with the ongoing food crisis. The task force hopes to among other things offer US$ 200m financial support to farmers in the worst affected countries to boost food production and to set up a US $1.7bn programme to help countries with a food deficit to buy seeds.
The current food crisis is a major challenge that humanity must face up to and surmount, as it had overcome other seemingly insurmountable crises in the past. In this regard, we all have a collective responsibility to treat the environment with even greater care. In dealing with this problem, we should put structures in place to ensure that what we are experiencing now does not happen again.
Before the food crisis that now rocks the world, it was fashionable to say that most Africans lived on less that US$1 a day. With what is happening now, many more would be living on less that one US cent a day before long! Suddenly, there is a food shortage resulting in soaring prices. As usual, the worst hit places are the Third World countries as evident in the riots in
The
We are glad to see that the
It is also heartening that UN is not folding its arms. According to reports, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has already set up a task force to deal with the ongoing food crisis. The task force hopes to among other things offer US$ 200m financial support to farmers in the worst affected countries to boost food production and to set up a US $1.7bn programme to help countries with a food deficit to buy seeds.
The current food crisis is a major challenge that humanity must face up to and surmount, as it had overcome other seemingly insurmountable crises in the past. In this regard, we all have a collective responsibility to treat the environment with even greater care. In dealing with this problem, we should put structures in place to ensure that what we are experiencing now does not happen again.
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