Going Green

Friday, October 26, 2007

Burundi: Hope for Recovery

Agriculture is the basis of civilization. A healthy people with a healthy economy is the basis for peace.


Burundi, back to the fields

A war-ravaged country returns to farming, with EU/FAO assistance

Bujumbura, Burundi – Burundi is making crucial steps towards restoring its single most important source of living, agriculture, although sporadic upsurges of violence, crop disease and climatic adversity are still threatening the country’s return to peace.

Spared for now from the floods affecting neighbouring countries, Burundi is struggling to overcome...(complete article here).

When assistance can move from direct support to prevent starvation to rebuilding an economy, success becomes possible.

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