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Food supply, different way...

The dignity contents does not understand well, could not but, the food supply of the world excepted some nation until now and almost did a grain major and the petroleum with character and thinks became accomplished. Being many and good point and side effect is but the human being from being hungry, makes escape and that in the indebtedness to be a system which makes do as a favor me is living thinks only, Specific point of view, the demand surpasses a supply from the specific area and sometimes, thinks that causes a many problem point. and even, when the problem the inside is solved, economy again resurrection.

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Shortly simply thought arrangement. Tried to do.

P.S. Luckily India and Africa (the Middle East) the climate is tropical characteristic to...]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/principles_food_security/ Tue Oct 13, 2009
The root cause of world hunger is probably a lack of capitalism, not on the part of the poor, but often because the people who govern them have a socialist mind-set.

The government of Iraq, for example, was reported to be bound to a contract with Monsanto to import and use only GMO seeds. Native Iraqi plant seeds resistant to drought and pests are rapidly disappearing and replaced by GMO seeds which are not, according to news reports.

Consumers, naturally, do not want to eat someone else's lab experiment, and in any contest between GMO food and organic native-species food, the organic side would win.

When governments induce farmers to grow certain crops, or use only certain seeds, the capitalist system cannot operate and competition dies along with the food supply.

The U.N. repeatedly waits until a famine is well underway before supplying food, but as long as the U.N. operates as a socialist system of last resort, they might instead supply good seeds, trees, and farming methods appropriate to that region before starvation begins. Many famines are preventable if people are free to farm their land and given sufficient seed capital to begin.]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/principles_food_security/ Wed Sep 30, 2009
I'm glad to see a post on global food security. While I agree with all five measures outlined above, it seems that one of our guiding principals in increasing food security should be to pay strict attention to this problem during the seasons when famine and drought have receded.

My time spent working in Ethiopia a few years back showed me that food insecurity concerns usually bubble to the surface when the drought/famine is quickly approaching - often, too late to make a measurable difference. When it's too late, donor countries are often left to decide how many metric tons of grain they will contribute. I recall the U.S. donating heartily to combat Ethiopian famine, but I always wondered if the Ethiopian government (and donor governments) had prioritized the issue sooner, more lives could have been saved.

To combat chronic food insecurity, donor countries like the U.S. need to encourage better agricultural policies when the rains are falling and the rivers are flowing. If we continue to wait until the riverbeds dry up, we'll only find ourselves running a few steps behind this elusive enemy.

Best,

Jack]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/principles_food_security/ Mon Sep 28, 2009
Yes, the second point is very important. Second, we will address the underlying causes of hunger, by investing in everything from research to better seeds to insurance programs for small farmers to large-scale infrastructure projects that create sustainable, systemic change.]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/principles_food_security/ Mon Sep 28, 2009
What is missing is the economic element again, as an example, with no disrespect intended toward a Democratic Capitalist ideology. I like money, but I love democracy!

When my daughter resided in Margate Florida, I went grocery shopping. I was looking forward toward purchasing some fresh vegetables from the many truck farms nearby; especially given, it was late August early September. While there was an abundance of fruits and vegetables, few were from Florida, even the large tomatoes were from South Africa. Most fruits and vegetables were from out of the country. I asked the produce manager why there were no fresh vegetables, etc, his responses was simple: They go to the highest price yield terminals on the East Coast: Baltimore, Phila., NY, Boston etc. http://www.todaymarket.com/ -- for those familiar with it. Still, there was an abundance of produce available and therein lies the difference.

The tomatoes grown in South Africa for export and profit does not help the people 100 miles from there who are eating roots does it? If the people are growing for export and profit in these needy countries and nearby people are starving, does that not indicate a problem which needs to be addressed? Self sufficiency should not mean isolationism or Nationalism.

The Independent International community's need for security, have placed a dependency on countries which can be self sufficient were it not for misplaced greed of leadership; which is enticed, by intent, resulting in the overall needs of the people not being addressed.

When Profit is being placed above needs of the people within a country, it is not a democracy or socialist form of government....because the people are being placed secondary and not primary. That is not the intent of our Democratic Republic,nor is it the intent of Socialism..

What then is the correct governing form needed to feed people since both of these have been bypassed for decades?]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/principles_food_security/ Mon Sep 28, 2009
As Secretary Clinton pretends to address hunger worldwide, the State Department is creating a famine in Central America. It has covertly supported a coup in Honduras, creating a dictatorship that today suspended the parts of the Constitution that forbid arbitrary arrest, indefinite detention, limitation of freedom of association and censorship of the media.

Also today the dictatorship silenced the two major electronic media outlets that provide alternative voices, Radio Globo and Channel 36. And yesterday, the dictatorship expelled OAS diplomats who had come to try to negotiate a solution.

Today, the U.S. took off the mask behind which it hid its intentions. Its ambassador to the OAS, Lewis Anselem, took the occasion to scold Manuel Zelaya for having returned to Honduras! The dictatorship is exultant at receiving such open support from the U.S. Department of State.

And here is how the coup connects to famine: the Zelaya government, for all its faults, had succeeded in improving agricultural reserves. Yet the harvest this year is expected to be poor thanks to global warming, and the convulsions into which the coup has sent the nation are making this any worse. Most important, the dictatorship is completely corrupt and incompetent. It is boasting that reserves are ample and that the harvest will be wonderful. It has recklessly sold off reserves, further depressing incentives for farmers.

Honduras is desperately poor. The majority of people live from day to day. The likelihood of a humanitarian disaster is rising daily. I urge everyone to contact humanitarian agencies such as the UN food program, Oxfam, Catholic Relief Services and donate as much as you can, earmarked for the disaster which the U.S. Department of State is creating.]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/principles_food_security/ Mon Sep 28, 2009
Grainprices etc. will rise dramaticly in the near future, so a loth of people who went to the towns might return to the countryside for planting and harvesting!]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/principles_food_security/ Mon Sep 28, 2009
Mr President of the UNITED SATES OF THE AMERICA
Mr Prime Ministre of the U.S.A
Mr Senator Bill Clinton
Mm Secretary Clinton
The all Defence and People of the U.S.A

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Thank very much
The God us protege
Your Coperation
R. SOLOMON
THE PEACE WORLD
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UNITED STATES OF THE AFRICA]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/principles_food_security/ Mon Sep 28, 2009
I think that the second point is probably the most important to understanding how to tackle this problem over the long-term. More study needs to be done to find the underlying root as to what causes wide-scale hunger, and hopefully this will lead to finding new and better solutions that can be implemented effectively.]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/principles_food_security/ Sun Sep 27, 2009