Although drought may be the best known barrier to successful crops in Africa, poor soils are a huge part of the equation. Farmland in Africa has been robbed of chemicals such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, which are vital for plant growth. These have not been replaced with organic and chemical fertilizers, as they are in most other countries, because of the expense.
[Read](http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060327/full/060327-15.html) (Nature)
Ask any activist–the Africans are using “native ancient wisdom” in the course of “living with the land,” and these things should not be changed. Greenpeace and their friends will work overtime to preserve the destructive farming practices that cause starvation.
Ask any activist–the Africans are using “native ancient wisdom” in the course of “living with the land,” and these things should not be changed. Greenpeace and their friends will work overtime to preserve the destructive farming practices that cause starvation.