Poverty literally means lack of access to basic needs of life such as food , shelter, cloth, good health care facility, and lack of jobs and income .
My people said when hunger is removed from poverty the remaining problem is simple
The first key is access to food to sustain life, In extreme . Land and tools are very important for small scale farming. Then tools and skills are also very important . Poor people should be given access to land and tools to practice small scale farming . Necessary skills and other support will make them profit from their efforts
In Africa where the majority of the young people lack access to sustainable employment and jobs , poverty and hunger are common and visible everywhere.
To solve these problems individuals and government should focus on :
1 Engage the youth in modern agriculture for food security and job creation
2. Farm produce should be processed for sustainable value chain and to reduce loss and wastage before reaching market and final consumers
3. There should massive investment in infrastructure such as electricity, road, transportation & other
4. There should be adequate peace, security and tranquility for prosperity
5. The educational structure and system should meet the demand of the society in terms of industrialization and job creation
6. Promotion of science and technology
7. Good governance with sound economic policies to reduce over dependence on importation , promotion of exports and good monetary and fiscal policies
On our next post we shall discuss how individual can be free from poverty and hunger
Written by
Ola Odunayo
ED - Poverty and Hunger Initiative Lagos Nigeria
+2348055855979
povhung@gmail.com
