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submitted 8 months ago by thegreenman@slrpnk.net to c/food@slrpnk.net

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/32171077

While hundreds of millions around the world face food insecurity, a tiny South American nation has managed to become the only country that can entirely feed itself. How did Guyana manage it?

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[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Burkina Faso actually accomplished this very recently iirc

Agriculture stood out as a major achievement, with Traoré announcing that Burkina Faso reached food self-sufficiency in 2025, thanks to effective campaigns, improved seeds, subsidies, and mechanization. Plans for 2026 include further land development, water retention projects, aquaculture, and fodder crop production.

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[-] zout@fedia.io 5 points 8 months ago

Coming from the Netherlands, we produce so much food that we export 2/3 of it. Sure, we import some stuff that we don't grow here, but we won't be perishing without those.

[-] Dupelet@piefed.social 1 points 8 months ago

If only one country worldwide can produce the food it needs, that implies every other country is running at a deficit and is essentially importing food from that one net producer. Which obviously isn't the case. Wtf is with this headline.

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