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You Can't Eat Potential (Breaking Africa's Cycle of Poverty)

• 1996 ----- color ----- 57 min ----- vhs
• In the context of the steepest rises of population in human history, world food security is an increasingly urgent issue. Focusing on Africa, south of the Sahara, the region of the world most under threat of food shortages and where absolute poverty is increasing at an alarming rate, the key issue is the development of agriculture. Explores the critical changes needed to reduce poverty and protect the environment in Tanzania, Ghana and Benin. The right policies can avert a catastrophe of unprecedented proportions. (Restricted to use by certain authorized institutions)
• Topics: (Africa, Agriculture, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, Political Science: African, Third World)

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