Food
Food, we all need it and yet so many of us go without it. The reasons we all know; drought, famine, flooding and just not having enough economic resources either as a state or individual to buy food. Populations have risen at a greater rate then which the farmers of that country can provide for them. Unfortunately, advances in things such as fertilisers and pesticides have not been enough and in some cases not helpful at all as many poor countries can not afford them There seems now though an obvious solution to this problem. G.M foods have been used in America for many years; yields have improved greatly without seemingly having caused serious side-effects on the population. Unfortunately despite the amount of surplus food produced by American farmers (yes, America does produce more than it eats), American food aid is often rejected by African Governments such as Uganda due to
That if developing countries produced all the food; they would have a huge weapon which could hold the U. S, they do not see a dominating superpower with only self-interest at heart but to coin a phrase from George W Bush himself, see a "compassionate" superpower. There is a simpler way though to reduce the poverty and plight of not just African farmers but those in developing country's the world over. Ultimately, the War on Terrorism is destined to fail unless the U. Secondly that even if they did, they would not be able to deal with America's military might and thirdly, the global goodwill generated by the increased prosperity would not give any reason to hate America which would appeal worldwide. For once they will have to put the "greater good" before politics. The question of the safety of G. This will require certain sacrifices by Western leaders. The answer is for the EU to abolish its Common Agricultural Policy and the United States to remove its massive subsidies to its overfed farmers (want to see obese? Go to Iowa). As most of African food exports are to Europe in the first place this scenario could be disastrous in the long run. However, currently the economics do not make sense.
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