 In this issue
No. 151 September 1985
LettersUpdate
 A quiet hunger
In the village people’s food was running out nad the
rains still hadn’t some. Chris Brazier hears about the hunger behind the headlines
and suggests how we can all help feed the world.
How the food is shared – the facts
How to feed the world
1. Give back the land
Brazil’s plan to share out the land more fairly has opened up a Pandora’s box of
conflict between rich and poor. Sue Branford reports.
2. Don’t use aid as a weapon
Enver Carim shows how Ethiopia’s hungry children are pawns in the superpowers’
game.
3. Look after the earth
4. Control the corporations
When cousin Antonio came to call it wasn’t out of love – and the blood of the
condor was spilt. A short story by Dennis Gruending.
5. Recognise women as farmers
An African woman speals of life and work, of millet and manhood.
6. Aim for social justice
Mamadou’s harvest is not all his own – Nigel Twose and Chris Roche explain how
some of it falls into the chasm between rich and poor.
7. Stop using money against the poor
Belinda Coote attacks the West’s export of monetarism, which is sending countries
like Jamaica on the slide.
Three myths about world hunger
8. Put food first
Nicaragua has tried to grow more food but has found itself under fire. Joe Collins
reports.
9. Create a safety net
Feast in the North and famine in the South. John Tanner asks why we allow this to go on.
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Book reviews: from famine to the uses of literacyCountry profile: MadagascarCover photo: Claude Sauvageot
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