Food parcels are unsustainable. The government should start taking steps towards bringing back the once successful community food garden and rural agricultural development, write Vusumzi Vusie Mba and Avuyile Xabadiya
When the democratic government came into power after the apartheid regime in 1994, it had a of issues lot to address and make noticeable changes in a short time.
Through the issuing of food parcels, government is perhaps unaware that furthering this dependence is unsustainable. Through the issuing of food parcels, government is perhaps unaware that furthering this dependence is unsustainableThis entails government providing agricultural implements and seeds, in return receiving a share in the produce so as to keep the projects viable and sustainable.
In 2017, a study showed that household food security level and 2.7 million people living with hunger in 2002 and dropped to 1.7 million in 2017, 12.5 million in 2002 and decreased to 6.8 million in 2017. South Africa is blessed with massive tracts of cultivatable land that should be utilised to end to the hunger experienced by multitudes of people.The debate should be accompanied by the revival of the rural food production which the landless today grew up doing.
In addition, a second trench-bed immediately after planting the first. In the next four weeks one can fill the second trench with all the organic matter one can lay their hands on. Initially, it requires a lot of work to build the beds but thereafter minimum labour is required. Then the rest is history when the right mentality is built.
The overall medium- to long-term economic spin-offs are that this will mean some foods bought in towns will be substituted in the consumer basket with the foods produced in the projects.
During the lockdown we have seen numerous incidents in which local government officials continue to add on the misery brought by subjecting hungry people to more indignity as they queue for food.Just like school children who are about to be given food during the lunch break, our people have found themselves queuing for free groceries.
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