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Tumbling from the belly of the DC-4 streaking only 15 feet above Chad's sandy desert came bags of sorghum that burst on impact like tiny bombs. Hungry nomads scrambled for the grain, cramming it into tiny pots or wolfing it down on the spot. Reporting on the drop, Food and Agriculture Organization Logistics Officer Trevor Page said: "I imagine a little sandy sorghum will be a welcome change from roots and leaves...
...worst drought in Africa's recorded history has not yet killed many people. But for West Africa these days, the situation is quite literally one of feast or famine. In a massive multi-nation relief effort, grain sacks are piled high in Dakar, Abidjan and Lagos, the chief railheads for the drought-desolated nations of Chad, Niger, Mauritania, Upper Volta, Mali and Senegal. Their antiquated railroad networks cannot move grain quickly enough into the interior. The ongoing airlift offers the most plausible solution, but there are not enough aircraft. The result is that while mass famine has been averted...
...survive." In Mali alone, the government reports that 250,000 nomads have lost all their animals down to the last goat. For the nomads, that means they have lost everything. Taken as a whole, the six stricken nations may lose 60% of their cattle and 50% of their grain harvests this year...
...food prices by U.S consumers. The deal, moreover, probably helped bring about a long-overdue end to the era of taxpayer-subsidized underproduction on U.S. farms. The story of how the Soviets nearly managed to corner the market of a U.S. staple under the noncollectivized noses of agriculture officials, grain exporters and the President of the U.S. makes an engrossing book. Richard Nixon, in fact, is quoted as having bitterly remarked, "We were snookered...
AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN...