As a short-term emergency relief organisation, the World Food Programme is right to draw attention to the drought and hunger in the Horn and Sahelian regions of Africa. But pinning the responsibility for the crisis on drought is like blaming the dog for eating your homework.
AuthorWilliam G. Moseley
William G. Moseley is DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, and Director of the Food, Agriculture and Society Program, at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN USA.
He is also a steering committee member of the UN High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE). His research interests include political ecology, tropical agriculture, environment and development policy, and livelihood security. He primarily works in West and Southern Africa. His research has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Womadix Fund and the U.S. Fulbright-Hays Program.