Why is there hunger in Africa: Look Back in AGRA

Despite being a net food exporter at independence, Africa now imports 25 per cent of her food from donors.
At the time of decolonisation in the 1960s, Africa was not just self-sufficient in food but was actually a
net food exporter. Its exports averaged 1.3 million tonnes a year between 1966-70. But today, the continent
imports 25 per cent of its food, with almost every country being a net food importer........" Walden Bello

Stuffed and Starved is a story of the global food system, about why there are one billion overweight people
and 850 million going hungry, and about the millions of people who are fighting back. For more information
on the book, go to http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/frontpage

Raj Patel is currently a visiting scholar at the Center for African Studies at U.C. Berkeley. He received his Ph.D
from Cornell University and has lived and worked in Zimbabwe and South Africa, among other countries.
For more information visit http://rajpatel.org/

This event is sponsored by Priority Africa Network, call us at Tel: (510) 238 8080 ext. 309
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