With Global Food Shortage Looming, Trindad Destroys 40 Acres of Food Crops

Is It That They Don't Believe The Food Experts At The World Bank Or Did Not Know?

Could you believe that there are still some people who are totally unaware of what is happening in the world?   It is unconscionable that anyone who labels themselves as a leader would indulge in such ignorant actions. 

The only conclusion that can be drawn is that these government “leaders”  are totally unaware of numerous international news reports of an impending global food shortage.   There's no other explanation. 

Without any forethought a few Trinidad and Tobago government officials authorized the distruction of local farmers produce.  Today's headlines "Food Face-Off - 40 acres of crops bulldozed to make way for houses".  Read it here.

This is total madness.  It was only last week that a daily newspaper headlined a story with a minister promising that agricultural squatters on state lands had full permission to maintain their crops.  What made the same government destroy harvestable crops on a 40 acre plot of land?  This act will soon be indelibly stamped on the minds of a hungry population if the expert predictions are correct.  

A myopic decision for sure but to appreciate why the government officials took this drastic action hints at their priorities.  The new People Partnership government assumed the housing development mission of the previous administration to construct affordable housing for most average Trinidadians.  This is a noble initiative by anyone’s standards.  

The previous government had already built thousands of homes that are still to be occupied.  In cases where homes were delivered, the new administration discovered that repairs ranged in the of millions of dollars.    

Now hear this logic.  We have a few thousands homes with repairs to be done. Let’s go out and build a few more while we repair these empty homes.  This has nothing to do with a global food crisis our mission is to build more houses.  Can anyone eat a home?.

Rhetorical question ; Why not fix and complete the existing structure before embarking on breaking new ground to build more homes on prime agricultural land?   

The answer to that question is even simpler.  "Them people too lawless, two years ago we serve them notice to leave, they have not; instead they plant more food.  It is time we be firm and teach them who run things in this country.  Bulldoze them land now"”   

Food crisis have nothing to do with trying to make me look bad.  Whoever I may be?

Sometimes we overcomplicate people’s responses to what may appear to be an apparent defiance of authority.   It’s the feeling you get when you are accosted by a police officer who thinks “he is the law”.  If you have ever been stopped by one you will know and if not, maybe one day.

World Food Shortages To Affect The Caribbean & Other 3rd World Nations First

What Does It Mean To You?

People and governments in developing countries such as Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean should not ignore predictions the world’s food supply experts.   A crisis is looming and it portends the next significant global crisis. 

Food and Money

Let’s face it food is one of the basic consumables of the human species.  Air and water are the other two.  In a New York Times article, journalist Elisabeth Rosenthal  reported that according to the IMF the food price index is “the highest in 20 years of existence” 

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 Food however, is directly related to economics.  It is not so much the food shortage but high prices for food that will create the crisis.  To add to the madness some rich countries are creating a demand for biofuels and consuming a vast supply of cassava, corn, sugar and palm oil for conversion into biofuels. 

How Much We Eat

How long will it take 6.91 billion people ( world’s current population) eating everyday, 3 times a day , to consume what’s on the shelves right now?  This number is expected to significantly increase.  See World Population figures 

Best guess is a couple of days. 

And that’s because as soon as the shortage is announced the hoarders rich and poor will converge on the groceries like red ants stockpiling food.   

The Crisis Is Here Already

It will take a bit longer to actually see the results of the crisis globally.  Soon new reports of the affects of high food prices on poor countries will begin to surface with more frequency.   

 In fact, it has already showing up globally.  Most people don’t even realize that the overthrow of the Tunisia government in the Middle East was prompted by high food prices.  Or that soaring food prices caused riots or contributed to politacal turmoil in Aleria, Egypt and Bangladesh so far..

The world is still recovering from an economic crisis many countries will be affected by any shortage in the world’s food supply.  Here is what the leaders of the IMF and World Bank had  to say:

"Food prices worldwide have surged 36 percent since a year ago and disproportionately hit developing countries. The rise in prices comes even as 44 million people around the world have been thrust into poverty since June last year.

"We are one shock away from full blown crisis," said World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick at a press briefing in Washington on Saturday.
The region's poor often spend half of their income on food. Having to use more of that income on feeding their families means fewer funds are available for families to save or invest.

"If the Food Price Index rises by just another 10 percent, we estimate that another 10 million people will fall into extreme poverty when people live on less than 1 dollar 25 cents per day," he said. "And a 30 percent increase would add 34 million people to the world's poor, who number 1.2 billion."   
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 You Have Been Warned

These predictions are all coming from credible sources and are serious enough that any forward thinking government must prioritize it.  It should not be ignored.  The global trumpet has been sounded it is up to the individual nations to begin to put some sort of contingency plan in place. 

What Can You Do?

Let’s face it, if you are reading this, you most likely not in government.  Fact is that even if you are you would be more interested in what you can do to forestall the crisis at an individual and family level.  

The most obvious answer is to begin to hoard now.  Stockpile your food for a rainy day.   What is more important is understanding the extent of the problem.  There is only one way to do this…  

First educate yourself.  Find out what is really happening in the world with respect to the food shortage.  Don’t take the words you read here as truth.  Do your due diligence.  

Don't Stick Your Head In The Sand

Next, you need to come up with a plan after you have looked at your disposable income.  Determine the quantity of food you will need to stockpile for a specific period of time.  This will be based on the size of your family and relatives you wish to include. Don’t guess, your life may depend on it.  

Earmark a percentage of your disposable income for food that you can afford.  Make plans within your family for the impending crisis.  As you will discover, it is not if but when the crisis will begin affecting you.  Then, identify the type of foods that are not perishable and are potent enough to sustain you on a daily and monthly basis.  

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