For the next 3 days, I understand, Nigeria is the host to a conference on the current crisis across Africa because of starvation and malnutrition. This crisis is the direct result of climate change's affect on agriculture: an invasion of locusts destroying crops in the east, draught overtaking lands used for farming, as well as flooding of crops occurring in the lower plains. Add to these woes is the incursion of the pandemic the whole world is suffering from.
I listened to a BBC newscast last night which claimed the African Union is not doing a good enough job in distributing food relief. At least, maybe some good ideas for locating and distributing food quickly will emerge from this Nigerian conference.
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