To fix Africa's hunger problem, bring on genetically modified crops

American Thinker ^ | 10/27/2020 | Vijay Jayaraj

[Balding_Eagle]

They must have forgotten to energize them before they left in the evening.

[Cowboy Bob]

In the 1980s there was famine in Africa. So, the world got together and sent food to Africa. What happened? The population of Africa tripled. Now we need to send more food to feed this huge population. A lot of this surplus population is trying to get to Europe to leech off the population.

The best investment in Africa is population control. The world can't support African families with 10-12 children each.

[ridesthemiles]

Why? The crazies are killing the FARMERS

[LadyDoc]

The NGOs and a lot of church projects help but often only to help them be more secure in their traditional lifestyle.

Like the pope they (usually European organizations) push green lifestyles, not development.

In the meanwhile politicians steal literally billions of dollrs from companies looting oil or mineral resources,

The Green NGOs oppose modern agriculture, GNO crops and even high yield hybrids that are non GMO but require fertilizer and pesticides.

China and countries in the Middle East are helping push midern agricultural techniques.

Alas, China is also exploiting their resources, and undermining local businesses by underpricing local products with cheap stuff.

People are leaving to get jobs. Get rid of corruption and Africa will thrive...Kenya is one example of modern African culture.

[Reeses]

The CCP could turn Africa into prime real estate with their fentanyl exports.

[LadyDoc]

No, China is sending meth to poor Asian countries, so I suspect soeme of it is alsi going to Africa

[Captain Peter Blood]

Given that they are poor at farming how will this work? Import white farmers maybe,

[Phlap]

I have a Modest Proposal to solve the problem. lol

[Robert357]

Environmentalists blame too many people as the source of the worlds problems. They would rather people starve to death that bring about GMO crops to feed the hungry.

The real “Limits to Growth” is technology. It always has and will be. Food, water (desalinization), and energy can all be enhanced by technology as they always have been. Whether fire, agricultural methods, or aqueducts, technology has allowed for greater populations though time.

[Mr. Blond]

If you can splice some birth control into those crops, sure.

[Paal Gulli]

There is nowhere on earth — Africa included — where extreme levels of “food insecurity” isn’t largely the result of inept or corrupt governance. Some of the greatest famines in the history of the African continent were the result of weaponization of food. Even if you gave them enough free food for everyone in the country to die from morbid obesity, you’d still have widespread malnourishment because so little of that abundance would reached the people who needed it the worst.