As the coordinator for a think tank which happens to operate online, we talk about the challenges that mankind faces moving off in the future. We also touch upon some of the challenges we are dealing with today. When folks think and talk about NGOs, and large nonprofit organizations on the African continent, generally folks talk about HIV-AIDS, water supply, farming, the need for jobs, and starvation. It's not always a pretty picture, and there are a tremendous number of humans living on that continent - a continent which can be rather unforgiving at times, and completely seasonally cyclical.
Indeed, I doubt there's anyone on this planet which wants to see other human beings suffer, and the United States has certainly been generous with food shipments, and monies to African nations. Almost to the point of causing unintended consequences because of our generosity and the abundance of the gifts we give. There are also economic forces afoot here in America which could likely curtail the monies that flow into Africa from our government.
That's completely understandable considering there are some folks there who are using our money flow to do bad things. Still, there is a lot of good being done too, and whereas, it is practically a proverb that; "beggars can't be choosers," we also see some of that too. For instance, there seems to be a rebellious nature against giving free Genetically Modified food to Africans or genetically modified seeds so they can grow their own food in abundance. Despite what you might believe about GM foods and GM seeds, you must also realize that when people are starving they need something to eat pretty badly.
There was an interesting news piece about NGOs and genetically modified crops on SciNev Net recently, posted on August 10, 2011 titled; "Drought persuades Kenya to import GM maize," written by Peter Kahare which stated;
"Kenya's government has made a controversial move to allow the import of genetically modified (GM) maize from South Africa to fight hunger and starvation, even though GM crops cannot yet be legally grown in the country. The UN estimates that 2.5 million people in Kenya are in urgent need of food, a figure expected to rise to three million soon. The government said that GM maize can be imported on condition that it is not used as seed; that products are clearly labeled; and that it is certified by the National Biosafety Authority."
It is good that finally some realization has come to this issue, and they are allowing the food in that they need to help them survive. GM crops may be the only way to get caught back up with this terrible starvation problem, at a time when the cost of food commodities has risen sharply, while the main donor nations of the world are cutting back their allotments of money, due to economic factors, to the giant NGOs which are feeding starving Africans. Indeed I hope you will please consider this, and understand the logic behind the GM debate, and why this is necessary.
Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes writing 24,500 articles by August 24th or 25th will be difficult because all the letters on his keyboard are now worn off now..
No comments:
Post a Comment