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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Crops fail across southern Africa |
| 2005-07-08 |
| More than 10 million people need food aid after crop failure in six southern African countries, the United Nations food agency says. The World Food Programme says that people are going hungry after erratic weather, made worse by problems with fertiliser and seeds in some countries. Zimbabwe and Malawi are the worst hit countries, the WFP says. It urged donors to send aid to "avoid widespread hunger from developing into a humanitarian disaster". Malawi has experienced its lowest maize harvest since 1992 and will only cover 37% of average national consumption of 3.4m tonnes of cereal, the WFP said. In Zimbabwe, the WFP says that four million people may need aid in the coming year. Swaziland, Mozambique, Zambia and Lesotho will also need help, it said on the basis of new crop studies. All countries are badly hit by the Aids pandemic, which kills those who would normally be the most productive farmers. Donors say that Zimbabwe's problems have been made worse by the government's seizure of white-owned farms. This is strongly denied by the government. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #13 field guidance LOL How soon we forget. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-08 17:09 |
| #12 "...made worse by problems with fertiliser and seeds in some countries..." Fertilizer and seeds. That would be U.N. bullshit and Zimbabwe's bad seed, Bob. And why are the "most productive farmers" out sewing their wild oats into the AIDS-infested countryside? Bob's anti-white, totalitarian boondoggle gets a pass from the U.N. and the BBC. Let's hear it for free land, free sex, and free food. Zimbabwe is yet another workers' paradise. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-07-08 15:21 |
| #11 Unless they send the man himself, it'll do no good. Nothing can be achieved unless Dear Leader offers on the spot field guidance... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-07-08 15:14 |
| #10 LOL! |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-08 15:13 |
| #9 Understand that NorK is sending some agricultural experts (from urban areas) to assist...... |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2005-07-08 15:03 |
| #8 Rhodesia hasn't been worth a bucket of warm spit since it became Zimbabwe. |
| Posted by: Random thoughts 2005-07-08 14:19 |
| #7 The Gleneagles group shot a number of about 50 billion for these Australopithecines. I wonder how much of that dough goes into educating these moops about farming as well as birth control. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2005-07-08 13:39 |
| #6 Looks like it's about time to have a "Donner Party". Mugabe flambe, anyone? |
| Posted by: Hyper 2005-07-08 12:26 |
| #5 Zimbabwe's problem is that it took all the land from the white farmers, who knew what the hell they were doing and gave it to poor blacks, who did not know what the hell they were doing. Thus, crops fail and starvation ensues. Actually, IIUC, Bob gave the best farms and ranches to his cronies, who've done jackshit with them. The poor were run off by war vets (aka Farmin B Hard) and ZanuPF cronies |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-08 11:42 |
| #4 Well if whitey would just get his fat lazy honky ass over here to do my plantin, everything be cool... |
| Posted by: Farmin B. Hard: War Veteran 2005-07-08 11:13 |
| #3 All countries are badly hit by the Aids pandemic, which kills those who would normally be the most productive farmers. I thought all the UN's AIDS statistics were nullified the other day. But, even if not, are they not missing the point that AIDS not only kills the most productive farmers, but also kills all the mouths they have to feed? |
| Posted by: BA 2005-07-08 11:01 |
| #2 Zimbabwe's problem is that it took all the land from the white farmers, who knew what the hell they were doing and gave it to poor blacks, who did not know what the hell they were doing. Thus, crops fail and starvation ensues. Leave it to the UN and the WFP to encourage more socialist aid instead of teaching these people excatly how the fuck to run a farm. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-08 10:44 |
| #1 Well, it sounds like they are fucked to me. Maybe they should try to "keep it in their pants", and quit taking away white farms. Yeah, that should just about do it. |
| Posted by: Cheque Ulolugum1929 2005-07-08 09:17 |