Discuss The Importance Of Regulations Over Farming In Africa

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It is immoral for the US and EU to promote regulations and funding restrictions on African markets without understanding the various countries conditions and needs. A majority of the countries farming system is based on small farmers who are poor. To impose regulations that will double the cost of seeds and fertilizer is wrong. Farmers are already selling goods at a lesser value because the need to pay bills.
Instead of imposing regulations and restrictions the global community need to focus on how to help Africa such as improving soil quality. In most of Africa’s farmable land the soil has been depleted of organic material due to over farming. This problem has an easy and quick solution that most scientist would agree with and that is by

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