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I've heard of the 2020 reform of Rwanda pertaining to Foodstuff production where traditional produce, foods like Lettuce/Tomatoes/Platains, is to exceed importation from foreign entities. reading a vol of books released by the NAP or the National Academic Press called The Lost Crops of Africa details ancient grains, ancient vegetables, and ancient fruits that were in use before the Green Revolution, the mechanized production and palatable change of certain foods, Wheat/Oats/Rice, among other foodstuff. Meaning a 150 to 200 years ago foodstuff produced by Africans were produced based on their environment and its fluctuations. Of course, the production of the foodstuff being introduced into the continent at the time would eventually overshadow the production of Native foodstuff of those states. The Lost Crops of Africa detailed how a research of about 18 to 20 years was based on the need from nations outside of Africa to initiate a second Green Revolution. A Green Revolution set to transpire sometime around 2020. This research targeted the talking point of helping restore ancient foodstuff to the African Soil, but was always underlined by a profit mindset.
The first vol focused on the lost grains of Africa or not well-known grains of Africa which most know today as millet. Millet, small grains produced by grasses, if one has heard of Teff or Finger/Fox Millet then you've recently heard of how these grains are considered superfoods. Less than a decade ago such foods were known and are still often referred to by Africans and other groups of people as something of "fodder meal" or "coarse" at best without much nutritional value. Grains, native to Africa and taken to many parts of the world, seeing the rise and fall of nations being brought low has left these choice grains for the wayside. Rice, white jasmin and other well known variety, are not the only in existence. Sierre Leone with its country rice and Ghana with its ceremonial red rice have been see as healthier than their well counterparts as well as tasty, I can attest as I have had both. Fonio, a millet I personally enjoy in a porridge form, is said to be the most important grain in West Africa's dry, upland environments and true to that, it is the Northern(dry) regions of Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, and other such regions who consume it. Grown optimally with a fraction of the water used in rice paddies, it may not be best used in places like Rwanda as a opposed to finger millet which is hydrophillic in nature. Finger Millet has the potential to create a second Green Revolution in Rwanda and its 2020 vision by providing the means to store a grain with a shelf life of up to 50 years, prefers humid wet areas, provides a greater nutritional value than conventional grains, able to grow with a few inches of soil(not a heavy feeder like corn), provides nutritional beverages as well, and can be interwoven with other millets creating a variety of different grains with different vitamins and mineral values.
These are just a few examples of what is possible with Africa's Native crops. Crops designed by those who grew them to be as palatable and as nutrious as they could possibly be. Rwanda can be a the pioneer African state or we, in the BAIO, can create such a change. To finally seize the most important economic force in any society, what one eats and how one feeds themselves.
Just some Food for Thought.
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Thanks for reading.
what do you think about advanced machinery like this? https://www.deere.com/en/harvesting/
Yes we need these type of harvesting machines and mechanical technicians for maintenance and upkeep Bravo!!!Modern scaled industrial farming in Africa
Those may be needed for exportation, but to grow locally I believe minimal machinery will be needed. Medium farms will be needed because crops can be more easily diversified and treated safely for pest.
cool, where here is the planter versions of the machines .....https://www.omalleyequipment.com/default.asp?page=xPrintInvDetail&a...
could these improve the growing crops?
African for africa, we understand our problems and solutions better. BAIO has all it takes to turn around food security in this continent. Its either we do it or do it. i have no other alternative.
There really isn't other viable options. As other continents have mastered the growing and processing of traditional foodstuff, Africa has been vigorously fighting to catch up, instead of focusing on growing palatable, systematically processed native foodstuff.
If Afrikan countries can produce native crops that only grow or grow best in Afrikan climates and they are cheap, nutritious and have a long shelf life, they could greatly impact the worlds food supply. I think they would need to focus on processing these crops into their own branded products before exporting as opposed to exporting them raw.
Yea and that is a challenge. Proper processing methods are what hold back many of these crops from mass production.
Keep this website lowkey but rareseeds.com is where we can get non gmo seeds. The seeds on thos site are all heirlooms. The best seeds from around thw world. Check it out and THANK ME LATER
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