The Food Future of Africa

“Poverty in Africa is a means of wealth for Africans but not many realise it because of the nature of the state and its level of development.”

This statement is very common when issues’ surrounding the African state and its development arises. If Africa has a continuous growth of Human Development, why does it still lag behind?

Leaders have been changed over time, corruption has been checked over the years, and still, what is responsible for the lag? Institutions such as IMF and the World Bank have been blamed for initiating policies that do not favour an African economic acceleration.  But how have countries like China, India, Singapore and South Korea bailed themselves out of under-development?

One thing is common to every nation in the world, the need to feed its population and have a working system. In two basic terms, Food/Agriculture and Infrastructure have been a driving force for economic development.  A growing presence of food insecurity equals the lack of man power and capacity to build infrastructure. This is because the development of an economy or state doesn’t solely depend on the public sector but also the private sector.

The movement of trade and economy from one continent to another got established through the need for survival. How as it become so, that some continents serve as prey to others? The glaring factor of those that have become prey is hunger!

Hunger is an age long history tool used in any system to dominate and control the basics of a society. It is a weapon politicians and Institutions use to exact domination over the economy and human psychology. Most of the time this tool is used by formulating policies that set limitations to growth and development either through ambiguous state bureaucracies, International aid leading to debt recovery and global competition.

Ever wondered why most African political campaigns have a significant strategy of sharing food to buy votes? Why wasn’t this food shared while they were in office if they had the funds and capacity for them?

The majority of foods in Africa are generated by small holder farmers whom are extremely poor and lack capacity to meet demand. At the moment there are more aged farmers with land than younger ones whom even have interest. How would Agriculture be sustained and what would be the food future of Africans?