Druid’s Marvel Travels

Chapter 274 The African Branch of the Benevolent Society

In the second half of the year, on October 16, World Food Day.

The theme for this year's Food Day is "Family Farming: Feeding the World, Caring for the Planet."

The theme of family farming is to make the international community more aware of the important role of family farming and small farmers in ensuring food security.

Although overall progress has been made in reducing the number of hungry people in recent years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations pointed out that there are still huge gaps between developing countries and developed countries, as well as between continents and regions.

Although overall progress is evident, about one-eighth of the population in developing countries suffers from chronic hunger.

According to the latest "The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014" report published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the number of hungry people in the world is continuously decreasing. From 2012 to 2014, it is estimated that about 805 million people suffered from food shortage for a long time.

And that doesn't include those who are suffering from vitamin deficiencies, undernutrition and other forms of malnutrition, and the total number of people suffering from food insecurity may be close to 3 billion - about half of the world's population.

However, thanks to the efforts of countries all over the world, this deplorable number has decreased by more than 100 million people compared with the previous decade, and 209 million people have been reduced compared with 1990-1992.

Among them, the food-poor population in China alone has decreased by 138 million people.

But the data in one area is very dazzling.

Africa.

The natural endowment of agriculture in Africa is in contrast to the food security situation, and the per capita grain output has continued to decline in the past 30 years.

In fact, the soil, sunlight, and temperature in large areas of Africa are very suitable for agricultural development and food planting.

Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for almost half of the undeveloped land in the world, more than 200 million hectares, the arable land area accounts for about 26.4% of the world, and water resources account for 12%.

However, Africa is the only region in the world where per capita food production has been declining for nearly 30 years.

Why is there such a situation that seems unbelievable to many people?

To put it bluntly, Africa's agricultural productivity is low, and most of them are extensively operated by small farmers with women as the main labor force.

To put it bluntly, it is... the people over there are very lazy.

The land in Africa is so rich. The fruit gifts and wild animal resources given by the land have made them, who don't need to work hard to obtain food, develop a character of indolence and hard work for hundreds of thousands of years.

It’s okay to sing, dance and dance without worrying about food and clothing. Why do you have to work hard?

But what was the population of Africa at that time?

Today's Africa is the fastest growing region in the world, not one of them.

The ecology of Africa has also undergone obvious changes, with fewer and fewer animals and plants.

However, the local people who still live in the past still have the old life thinking and the primitive slash-and-burn farming method, which makes the land utilization rate extremely low.

Even the vast majority of African countries refuse to invest money in agriculture.

Because the profit of the grain industry is very low, but there are many industries with high profit.

What I have to say is that during the period when European colonists ruled Africa, they implemented a planting system based on a single cash crop in Africa.

Economically valuable crops such as cassava, sisal, groundnut, oil palm and cashew cocoa were promoted while food crops were ignored.

The reason is that pests and diseases and bird damage are very serious in Africa. It is easier to plant nuts with shells, fruits with peculiar smell, or underground fruits.

They monopolized the best agricultural resources, trading the continent's fertile soil for a steady stream of dollars.

As for food, just import it.

The African continent is the largest "grain importing continent" in the world, and the shelves of supermarkets and stores are even full of imported grains.

Moreover, the continuous local conflicts and droughts have been superimposed, which has dealt a fatal blow to Africa's already fragile agriculture.

However, even in this deadly situation, many African countries have not woken up.

The construction of agricultural infrastructure is horribly poor, and the most basic water conservancy facilities and irrigation concepts are absent...

This made many Chinese experts who came to investigate and assist couldn't help saying "it's a pity".

A very classic example is that Chinese food experts discovered that the local people had no concept of planting the food seeds that had been aided with great difficulty.

They ate the precious high-quality grain seeds directly, and then eagerly waited for the next batch of aid...

Simply wonderful.

But there are still people in Africa who understand.

Wakanda, in the king's hall, King T'Chaka and Prince T'Challa of Wakanda are receiving a special guest——

A young black man named Jack Wood is a representative of the Rendehui, the world's most famous environmental protection non-profit organization, and the president of the African branch of the Rendehui.

This king's hall, of course, is not the one in the protective cover that is as advanced as the future technology.

Externally, Wakanda is the poorest farming country in Africa.

Therefore, their external King's Hall does not look very grand.

"Your Majesty T'Chaka, we Rende will come here with sincerity... I believe you should have a better understanding of our consistent style."

The current Jack Wood is no longer the skinny and inconspicuous black boy of the past. He has been fully trained as the exclusive affairs representative of the Rende Society for African Americans.

At the same time, since Oakes had confessed that he would study Wakanda affairs long in advance, Oakes' training direction for him was indeed based on the standards of the branch president.

Thinking of his good friend Dane Whitman, who has completed the construction of the European branch together with the president, Jack felt a burst of fire in his heart——

At his level, he has the authority to know the deep secrets of the Rende Society.

The president is playing a big game of chess——

This will affect the future of all human beings, and even all creatures on the planet.

And he will also become the leader of one of the five major branches that is the pillar of his career. While shouldering heavy responsibilities, he has an unparalleled sense of pride and mission.

"His Majesty the King has already learned about the food experiment we conducted with Sokovia in Eastern Europe, and this is absolutely confidential no matter at the level of Sokovia or our Rende Society...

Because we must avoid the brutal interference of 'people with a heart'. "

"Is the U.S. government..."

T'Chaka, who was wearing glasses, put down the documents in his hands, which shocked him tremendously.

The famous Rendehui, in fact, T'Chaka has been interested in them for a long time.

However, it might be better to say that the special inspection is interested in the president of the Benevolent Society, the Avenger Druid.

The magical transformation magic, especially the cool star leopard form, made the whole of Wakanda very interested.

"Your chairman has also won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but now you are so guarded against the US government?"

T'Chaka looked at this "compatriot" with interest——

African-Americans are also African-Americans, not to mention that this little guy's origin is not a secret. With Wakanda's technology and intelligence level, Jack's ancestors can be dug out for generations.

"The current food crisis in Africa is inseparable from the European colonists, and those Americans have done more ruthlessly than the Europeans. This is something that countries know well but are powerless to resist."

Jack looked at the king of this small African country, which is known as the "poorest country" but was never ruled by colonists, with a serious face. He was deeply moved by the other party's determination:

"One-fifth of America's trash is discarded food, and here our fellow citizens go hungry...  

This is affected by many factors, but now, we want to use our own technology to solve this problem. "

He tried to recall what it was like when Steve gave a speech. Although he was Captain America, he was also their security chief:

"Your Majesty, the Rende Society has not been a narrow-minded organization since its inception.

Our Chairman Oaks even established Oak Environmental Technology Company, in order to solve various problems of the earth's environment with the core of technology and the action of our Rendehui.

The food problem, although many politicians politicize it and economicize it, it is undoubtedly an extremely serious environmental problem——

The process of food production is also a process of consuming social and natural resources, and it is also a process of polluting the environment.

It is our goal to optimize the production of food and obtain more and better food in a more natural and harmonious way. "

Fearlessly, Jack stared at the sharp eyes of the king who seemed to be completely different from a small remote country, and earnestly elaborated on the philosophy of Rendehui:

"Everything the Rende Society does is to achieve a balance between man and nature. All this cannot be changed by the awareness and efforts of a small number of us. It requires the joint efforts of all human beings——

A hungry person does not have this awareness. "

"...excellent exposition."

It was not King T'Chaka who spoke, but the young Prince T'Challa who stood beside him.

He smiled slightly and turned to his father:

"Father, the Rende Association is preparing to develop globally, which is something to be happy about from the perspective of the whole world.

If there were more enlightened people like President Oaks, the world would be much better. "

"But after all, there is only one President Oaks."

King T'Chaka pondered for a moment, then picked up a document:

"Then President Wood, it says that in addition to Rendehui's cross-age grain planting technology, Stark Industries' supporting automatic harvesting and processing system will also be provided free of charge?"

A doubtful light flashed in his eyes:

"Although your president has a very good relationship with Tony Stark, the latter has indeed stopped doing the arms business and has become one of the most famous Avengers.

But he's a businessman after all, and I don't see the benefit he gets in it. "

"This is a project in cooperation with our Rende Society. It is an advertisement to promote Stark Industries' clean energy plan."

Jack smiled and spread his hands:

"They are powered by the Ark reactor, safe and non-polluting. Mr. Stark means that he will do many things besides making explosions."

"……I see."

T'Chaka nodded slightly, and after looking at his son T'Challa, he finally smiled:

"Then, Wakanda would like to thank Chairman Oaks for his assistance, and we will arrange a secret test field for the first phase of testing——

However, I hope to have further exchanges with President Oaks regarding the establishment of the Rendehui branch in Wakanda. "

"As you wish, Your Majesty."

Jack nodded unexpectedly, and gave a slight salute:

"Mr. President has returned to the headquarters from the European branch, in terms of time..."

"No, President Wood."

Contrary to Jack's expectations, T'Chaka smiled and shook his head:

"It is enough to have you here... I hope to go to the headquarters of the Benevolent Society and meet your president in person!"