Thomas Sankara explained the problem with food aid incredibly well
If you keep pouring free food into a country, eventually people can become dependent on receiving it instead of building the capacity to produce it themselves
And it gets even worse for local farmers
Why would farmers keep producing more food if they can’t even sell what they grow because aid keeps pouring in?
Eventually you risk creating a system where local production dies and the country becomes permanently dependent on somebody else feeding it
Don’t just keep sending food
Build the ability for people to feed themselves
That’s the difference between temporary aid and actual development
Oct 3, 2026 · 6:57 PM UTC
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