World Economic Forum on Africa 2008 Food Insecurity

http://www.weforum.org/africa2008
05.06.2007
World Economic Forum on Africa 2008 plenary session: "Food Insecurity: A Perfect Storm". Panellists are:
Gareth Ackerman, Chairman, Pick 'n Pay Holdings
Aliko Dangote, President and CEO, Dangote Group, Nigeria
Thorleif Enger, President and CEO, Yara International
Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice-President, Africa Region, World Bank
Monty Jones, Executive Director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance of South Africa
Sheila Sisulu, Deputy Director, UN World Food Programme
Jacob Zuma, President, ANC, South Africa
Chaired by Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World News

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• insecurity
• Africa
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[meyima]

i swear africas future looks bleak and unpleasant , all those so called bussinessmen are hitmen . may god save us all.

[desirejoseph26]

i agree.the good worker farmers should all return to europe,where they can protect their investment of agriculture,they will find safety there than in africa,let each continent be for its own indigineous people.

[eristars]

African issues have discussed soleley by africans, whites can not be enemies and friends at the same time

[buffblaze]

what about the rest of africa where white farmers dont farm and that feed themselves. all over west africa.. stupid dumb animal. u are the one that is a barbaric animal. how many millions have whites killed.

[lickdacat2]

They killed off the white farmers that grew the crops that fed them. The Africans are too stupid and lazy to run the farms themselves so the UN feeds the animals.

We should let nature run its course in Africa and not interfere. The ones with morals, birth control and the ability to feed themselves will survive and the rest will die. It is called survival of the fittest, nature's law.

[physics2878]

Doner money is just another band aid...you need to get to the root cause problem which is stop

-Oil price increase

-Killing Farmers

-inefficiency

[chigudo]

africa needs to protect its skilled farmers they need to enforce programmes whereby commercial farmers teach and mentor peasant farmers . africa needs to protect skilled commercial farmers without them, there will be trouble as is now evident in zimbabwe a nation that once fed africa but now cannot feed itself

[chigudo]

this problem is easy to solve, help the farmers, agriculture is the most important thing in africa, the african and zim governments expell farmers due to politics these zimbabwean white farmers fed most of subsaharan africa never again will you find farmers of this high calibre, they were tough resilient people, that knew how to work the land alot have left for other countries but many have been snapped up by other countries such as zambia mozambique and nigeria

[blikprop]

help the farmers who know how to farm teach the africans how to do it and stop killing the farmers and stop taking the farms.money is not going to solve everything.when those farmers dissapear ther is going to be trouble.

[marzbarz4321]

Is this a problem more of efficiency or supply? Coming from an agricultural country and continent that has the possibility to be a breadbasket, I am sad to say that vast amounts of produce are lost due to inefficiency, trade barriers, and lack of investment.

-Halfa, Sudan