Terry Leahy 2015 (first written 2011)
Below is the opening paragraph for “Suggestions for food security in the villages” by Terry Leahy.
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In 2010 I stayed at the Kai project in Zambia. While I was there I became aware of the serious problems with food and nutrition in the villages. There is no doubt that the project has had a worthwhile impact in the neighbouring villages. For example, in relation to children’s education, health, wells and pit toilets. Yet despite these improvements, there has been very little impact on food security. The people that I interviewed all agree that not enough maize is being grown to feed families for the whole year. When people spoke about their diet in detail, it also became clear that there is a serious insufficiency of protein throughout the year, and a deficiency of vitamin A and vitamin C. These conditions are not unusual in Zambia, or in Africa more generally.
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