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SA needs jobs, less hunger and a better understanding of local food security challenges — not top-down solutions driven by foreign interests funding NGOs
03 November 2024 - 20:35
Over a quarter of children aged five and under in South Africa are stunted, meaning they do not have sufficient food to develop properly – a catastrophe that needs to be urgently addressed. However, what hungry people do not need are policy proposals that will lead to more poverty — the major reason there is such a prevalence of food insecurity in the first place...
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