cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/32171077
While hundreds of millions around the world face food insecurity, a tiny South American nation has managed to become the only country that can entirely feed itself. How did Guyana manage it?
Burkina Faso actually accomplished this very recently iirc
Agriculture stood out as a major achievement, with Traoré announcing that Burkina Faso reached food self-sufficiency in 2025, thanks to effective campaigns, improved seeds, subsidies, and mechanization. Plans for 2026 include further land development, water retention projects, aquaculture, and fodder crop production.
Coming from the Netherlands, we produce so much food that we export 2/3 of it. Sure, we import some stuff that we don’t grow here, but we won’t be perishing without those.
If only one country worldwide can produce the food it needs, that implies every other country is running at a deficit and is essentially importing food from that one net producer. Which obviously isn’t the case. Wtf is with this headline.
