Food Crisis In Africa

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NAME: Benjamin sackey CLASS: ACT 1B QUESTION: DESCRIBE THE NATURE, EXTENT, CAUSES OF FOOD CRISIS AND WHAT SUGGESTIONS WILL YOU OFFER AND ACCEPT. Food crisis is the shortage of food in all Africa countries. Africans have not got the technology to think and improve upon agric sectors but rather give birth to more babies whom the food available can’t match the population. This has created problems such as malnutrition, diseases and famine etc. Population is growing high and productivity is very low. This is because, the farming activities have been left to peasant to decide and produce. The peasant farmers use old methods and tools to cultivate and at the end can’t produce much to feed the country. The food situation was worsened by the prolong drought of 1982. Political and social instability is another serious consequence of the food problem which has created recurrent famine conditions among some societies. That is, the savannah and semi-desert areas of the continent. African countries that depend on imported foods and donations from their colonial masters which tend to loose considerable amount of their national and political independence. The foreign countries that send aids to African countries tend to dictate and control Africa countries. An example is the British Prime Minister David Cameron telling the president of Ghana His Excellency J.E.A Mills to legalize homo-sexuality in Ghana. The migration of men and animals to a new place in such of greener pastures also carries disease and pest which has attack crops and affects animals resulting in shortage of food. There is a very poor method on preserving all over the African environment. Thus they lack the knowledge or processing food to keep them or give them longer lifespan. For example canning, bottling, and bagging, among others. These problems make the good produce
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