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Farming a solution to the poverty trap
Sir ~ I would like to suggest that there is a solution to the posed problem( in you comment The elephant in the room, February 2017) that would lift all participants out of poverty and benefit South Africa as a country enormously. We usually look to the“ big”( business, conglomerate farming, multi nationals and government) to help the small. Each of these big entities is made up of small individuals that it relies on to make it big. Every individual needs a few basic things to live and give input to the“ big”. The most important is food, so to start with the provision of food is a good place to begin. If man has more food than he needs and can barter / sell the extra he is out of the poverty / dependency syndrome. Poverty is in essence a dependency problem and not a positional status. If you depend on a“ big” to give you a job, or a multinational to give you food aid, you are their slave, and not free – in short you are controlled by them, which equals poverty. If you can provide your basic need without the“ big” in your life you are out of poverty and climbing the ladder to wealth. If one household of father, mother and two children
have one hectare of land they can grow enough food for their needs and have surplus to sell for other things like clothes. This has been achieved by some on half a hectare in Malawi. The understanding is freely available for all from“ Farming God’
s Way”. The inputs needed are all provided by God, freely to all. Farming God’
s Way training is given freely to any person who wants to use it, through a few avenues. The written material is on the web for free download, atwww. farminggods-way. org and I do training at Plot 82, Nooitgedacht, Muldersdrift. There is a DVD that can be purchased from the web site or from me. The basic process is using compost made on site, and soil improvement through natural farming methods, all implemented by man, without the need for costly machines.
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