The implications of the water contamination and shortages in African nations puts the country in even more of a bind when it comes to feeding their own peoples and in trying to make the continent and its countries self-sufficient. This is due to the need for clean drinking water for its peoples and water for crops, whether exported or kept to feed the peoples. Sources say that in the next 25 years Africa’s crop production will decrease about 20% due to water shortages. This will in turn make the country more reliant on outside sources for food and water. Which in turn may give greater power to the WTO. The WTO, World Bank, or IMF may all be called on, to an even greater degree that currently, to step in and ’solve’ these problems. This is horrifying due to the indecencies of these organizations on every level imaginable.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/11/01/water.shortage.reut/
Next week i will highlight the Rural Community Assistance Programs in the United States, which focuses largely on Native Americans.
