The East Africa food crisis was not inevitable and solutions exist
July 19th, 2011 by HYardley Posted in EnglishThe drought in East Africa is an urgent humanitarian crisis, but one which also highlights the underlying problems people face in having sustainable and affordable access to food.
It was well known that failing rains would affect farmers, pastoralists and other communities, yet governments haven’t done enough to protect them. Now their lives and livelihoods are being devastated.