...Is Foreign Aid Doing More Harm than Good? Introduction “ Africans…they’re tired. They’re tired of being the subject of everybody’s charity and care. We are grateful, but we know that we can take charge of our own destinies if we have the will to reform them.” – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance Minister of Nigeria (How to help Africa…2008). Influenced by the success of the Marshall Plan for Europe, throughout the last several decades “over one trillion dollars of aid money has gone from the Western world to Africa,” (Griffiths 2010) as an attempt to increase quality of life for those living on the continent. However, as seen in the initial quote above, it is implied that aid has both harmed and benefited African society. In this paper, the views of those who oppose foreign aid and those who support foreign aid in Africa will be discussed. Furthermore, the effect of foreign aid on food and migration challenges in Africa will be examined, as these two issues remain unresolved in the continent. The Benefits of Foreign Aid There is no doubt that foreign aid has provided some benefit to Africa. By the intrinsic nature of aid itself, aid has a tremendous impact on the humanitarian imperative (Griffiths 2010). Through the increase in available medical attention, medical technology, sanitation, and access to schooling, aid has provided an additional 30 million children with schooling since 2000, has had millions immunized from various diseases, and has reduced the lives lost to...
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...Coming from a different country to America is a big change for many. Immigrants usually have problems finding food they like. The process of getting native food they are accustom to, can be a difficult task. America being a well-developed country has African stores, African restaurants, and foods that are similar to that of other countries. While shopping at Wal-Mart one day, I noticed a lot of food ingredients on display that were similar to the traditional African ingredients, but were labeled southern. At a gathering for thanksgiving, some of the food prepared looked a lot like the dishes from Nigeria. After a discussion with the host, I had learned that the dishes are called Soul Food. Being curious I googled Soul Food, and how it came...
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...Home is Where the Food Is “You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not to sere fried chicken at next year’s dinner. Got it?... or collard greens or whatever the hell those people eat” (Williams-Forson 136). This was said by Fuzzy Zoeller referring to Tiger Woods when he won the Master’s Golf Tournament in 1997. Psyche Williams-Forson wrote Suckin’ the Chicken Bone Dry, arguing that food interactions and stereotypes are underpinned by variables such as gender, power, and history. Williams-Forson used personal experiences and observational evidence to relate the variables mentioned to real life; in this instance the relation between African Americans and fried chicken. Stereotypes are common in today’s society as well as countless years before today. However, the stereotype with African American’s and the food consumed by that race, specifically fried chicken originated in history;...
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...understand the forces that shape the world , as we know it today. This essay will specifically focus on the impact the Columbian Exchange had on Europe in regards to newly introduced plants. New plants impacted Europe in a very positive way by increasing Europe’s population tremendously and also creating economic stimulation which make this country a very powerful country. Newly introduced plants also had some negative impacts, not on Europe but on slaves. New plants associated with the Columbian Exchange had a huge impact on the population of Europe. The Old World received bountiful amounts of new plants that were discovered in the New World. Plants like potato, tomato, maize (corn), cassava and many more, created a surplus of food for Europe. Before the Columbian Exchange, carbohydrate based plants was scarce. Europeans relied on eating native plants and animals which subjected many people to deadly diseases from eating. Plants brought over from American to Europe also...
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...Aniela Santoso EIL 320 Section 6 October 15, 2014 The Solutions of Food Shortage in Somalia Africa, or as known as the Dark Continent, is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. Every time this continent is mentioned, usually we immediately think about extreme poverty, children’s malnutrition, food and water shortage, also deadly diseases such as HIV/AIDS and Ebola. We only recognize the problem from the surface and just rely on humanitarian organization’s aid. But in reality, people in Africa, especially in Somalia, have undergone a very serious problem of food shortage and famine for a long time and still depend on international’s aid without helpful solution. In fact, Somalia has experienced a situation of acute malnutrition in more than 30 percent of children, at least two deaths per 10,000 people every day and access to less than four litres of water a day (CARE, 2012). Therefore, this paper will examine the possibly long-term solutions in economic, social, and political sectors to overcome the root of this problem. Food shortage in Somalia occurred as a result of natural and human factors. There are three major factors that cause this problem, which is dominated by human factors. First, Somalia has experienced civil war and political unrest as a result of the domination of an organization called Al Qaeda, which is led by Al Shahaab. Al Qaeda prohibited any deliveries of food aid from any organizations and agencies (Erdenemunkh, 2013). Second, the...
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...Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction An overview Analysis of the existing service facilities Overview of 8 Ps Analysis in terms of Physical evidence People Recommendation Conclusion Executive Summary Nando's is a casual dining restaurant group originating from South Africa with a Portuguese theme. They are well known for their flame grilled peri peri chicken. Nando's has been running in Bangladesh since 2007. MGH Group brought Nando’s to Bangladesh in the late 2007, and they have been faring well ever since. All of the outlets in Bangladesh sell halal foods. Currently it is operated in the prominent locations of Dhaka and Chittagong. As a part of our Services Marketing coursework, we were assigned to evaluate the service delivery procedures of Nando’s Restaurants, Bangladesh. To do that we visited there several times and talked to the proper authority of Nando’s . We tried to evaluate their overall performace and figured out the gaps in between the customer expectation and the perceived service. The result showed that the customers and employees of Nando’s are satisfied, however they are not completely satisfied at all levels. There are some lacks in the overall performance which actually arises few gaps such as customer gap and few provider gaps. We also comprehended that the management can improve their overall performance through some improvement in their physical evidence, people. In order to improve their current...
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...Discussion and Evaluation of Woolworths Foods purchasing process Authors: Ian dlamini, Sne Byron Van Herder, Naseer Khan, Mohamed Kadar & Muhammad Moola, Executive summary Woolworths is one of the biggest retail stores in South Africa. Founded in the early nineteen thirties by Max Sonnenberg, Woolworths has grown to a retail giant with over four hundred stores throughout Africa and Middle East. Along with Woolworths being of such large proportions it now is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Within our study of Woolworths we will be examining the purchasing process of this retail giant and in order to achieve this we will employ tools and techniques to simplify our study. This study will compromise of a detailed discussion, illustration and evaluation of Woolworths purchasing process and for the purpose of our study we narrow down the study to a smaller aspect of Woolworths namely Woolworths Food. As we look closer into exactly what is required we employ the use of tools to aid in our study. These will consist of a SWOT analysis of the company, a PESTLE analysis of the purchasing processes and a PORTERS five forces analysis. We will then narrow down the purchasing process to one area of Woolworths namely Woolworths Food and base our study on that. A concise discussion is to follow in which we outline the most important factors that influence the purchasing decision. Included in the factors to be mentioned within our investigation we would refer to...
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...weight. In my research paper I will identify the meaning of childhood obesity, what causes it, what being an obesity child have to look forward to as a adult if the child dose not lose the weight, and or take control of their weight. How dose parents play a role in children having weight issues, what kind of foods are the family preparing for their meals are these foods high in fats, salt, and or sugar just to name a few, is it a diet plan in these families, or, are the children allowed to eat what ever they want. What race is affected the most with childhood obesity and why. Is it because there is no diet plan in the family, do the parents prepare a balance home cooked meal, why is it that the parents do not cook well balance meals, is it because of the economic that these families don’t plan balance meal, because they can not afford to buy the food for making a balance meal and at the same time can not receive any assistance because they are over the income limit, but yet it not a not to make a living. Childhood obesity I plan to argue that childhood obesity is a public health problem in the United States, and that it affects African American, and Mexican American children mostly because...
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...gastronomic tourism refers to trips made to destinations where the local food and beverages are the main motivating factors for travel. It is also known as “food tourism”, “tasting tourism” or “culinary tourism”. This means there is a particular audience of people who are willing to travel the world in order to sample and experience authentic international cuisines. Gastronomy plays a major role in the way tourists experience the destination, and indicate that some travellers would return to the same destination to savour its unique gastronomy. Move on to the facts and stats . * Culinary tourism tends to be largely a domestic tourism activity, with consumers travelling to places to eat and drink specific (usually local) product. * A domestic survey of leisure travellers in America found that 17% engaged in culinary related activities. * The growth in popularity of ethnic cuisines like Thai, Indian, North African, Mexican and Chinese throughout the industrialised countries is attributable to a significant degree to tourism where visitors sample local foods and develop a taste for them. * Food and drink festivals constitute the sole instance where the decision to travel is taken only on the grounds of the gastronomic experiences offered. * Gastronomic consumers tent to be couples that have above-average income, are usually professionals and are aged from 30 to 50. Let's continue with main food destination. The main source markets tend to be in Europe and North...
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...and utensils. The business is primarily wholesale to areas of restaurants and retailers of food market. Baatuu LLC purchases naturally grown grains and spices directly from Ethiopian exporters to USA. This allows us to pick from the finest selection of naturally grown grains and spices available in Ethiopia. Currently, I made communication and observational surveys with restaurant owners and retailers stores owners in the twin cities and in the other cities in the USA where Ethiopian and East African residence highly populated. Prior to this it has been searched availability of imported items and suppliers from Ethiopia. Baatuu LLC has future plan is to have its own storefront and sell direct to the public. By the time it will expand our market, we will bring our commitment of quality, freshness and great prices to the public directly. By purchasing in large quantities we are able to pass the savings on to our customer. 1.1 Objectives • Baatuu LLC will be the leader in selling fresh naturally grown grain food and spicy to the public importing from Ethiopia. • Increase the number of customers who buying Baatuu LLC imported food stuff from time to time. • Introduces a naturally grown grain food and spicy to others community in different cities of USA. • Introduce naturally growing health food to American food markets and increase American people food availability of verities food. 1.2 Mission The mission of Baatuu LLC is to offer customers the best highest quality naturally...
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...Haitian Food July 15, 2014 The typical meal I chose to represent is called Morue and its origins is from the Haitian ethnicity. Morue is a meal usually eaten at dinner time alongside Sauce Pois Rouge (red pea soup) which is served with rice, and drank with Ginger & Cinnamon tea. To make Morue, you need: 1 lb. of salt cod (morue), water as desired, 1 small diced shallot, 1 small diced onion, 1 cup of olive oil and 1 hot pepper. To prepare this meal, “add the cod in a saucepan and cover with water. Let boil over medium-high heat. Drain the cod and soak in cool water. Shred the boiled cod. Drain and set aside. In a skillet, heat the oil and sauté the remaining ingredients. Add the cod and sauté lightly for 2-3 mins (Recipes, 2014).” Traditional Food Common foods that Haitians eat depends on the time of the day. For breakfast, a Haitian may eat very light. Bread, butter and coffee which gives them energy to work and is easy to digest is what they may consume. Lunch is typically the largest meal of the day and will consist of heavy starches, like cornmeal, boiled foods, rice, beans, potatoes and a type of meat. The typical traditional Haitian food is Creole. Creole is a mix of Spanish, French and African foods. Haitians believe in consuming and not consuming a variety of foods to maintain their health. For example, teenagers with acne issues, will most likely not drink acidic drinks, like soda and orange juice. After preforming strenuous activity or an action that...
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...Pioneer Foods is te production, distribution, marketing and selling of a huge range of food products and beverages for the consumption of human and animals alike. The organisation was formed in 1997, the result of two farming co-operatives, Sasko and Bokomo becoming one. After the merger the company embraked on a series of acquisitions and joint-ventures, as well as in-house product innovation. Within ten years after the successful merger between Bokomo and Sasko, the group trebled in size. The excellent growth and performance of the organisation over the years after the merger had ensured a variety of household brands across almost every food and beverage product segment. Being listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) was the obvious thing to do, given the potential advantages (the provision of a larger shareholder base). Pioneer Foods, one of the most significant players in Southern Africa’s food and beverage industries listed on the JSE on 22 April 2008. Today the business operates through its four main divisions. Sasko manufactures a range of affordable grain-based staple foods, including maize, rice, beans and lentil products. Bokomo produces some of South Africa’s best known bnreakfast cereals. The Agri business which produces poultry and animal feeds. The Ceres Beverage company which is one of the largest producers of fruit juices, soft drinks (ie. Pepsi). Pioneer Foods also have international joint ventures with the likes of Heinz Foods from the...
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...Food, Nutrition and Poverty Among Asylum-Seekers in North-West Ireland Mary Manandhar, Michelle Share, Sharon Friel, Orla Walsh, Fiona Hardy Combat Poverty Agency Working Paper Series 06/01 ISBN: 1-90548-512-3 May 2006 FOOD, NUTRITION AND POVERTY AMONG ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN NORTH-WEST IRELAND A collaborative study by the Health Service Executive – North Western Area and the Centre for Health Promotion Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway. With funding from Combat Poverty Agency Report authors: M Manandhar, M Share, S Friel, O Walsh and F Hardy (2006) FOOD, NUTRITION AND POVERTY AMONG ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN NORTH-WEST IRELAND Research Team Members HSE Western Area National University of Ireland, Galway (formerly North Western Health Board) Dr Mary Manandhar Senior Research Officer Public Health Department Dr Sharon Friel Lecturer Centre for Health Promotion Studies Ms Michelle Share Senior Research Officer Public Health Department Ms Orla Walsh Researcher Centre for Health Promotion Studies Dr Fiona Hardy Regional Coordinator for Services for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Ms. Theresa Shyrane Community Health Adviser Community Services, County Donegal March 2006 Food, nutrition and poverty among asylum seekers in NW Ireland Manandhar et al. Contents Page List of Tables List of Figures Abstract Executive Summary Introduction 1 1 5 1.1 Rationale and aims of the research 6 ...
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...Once a long time ago, our ancestors needed to hunt for food. When they caught an animal that they could eat, they cooked it and ate it because that's what the needed to do to survive. But, they did not hang the head of the animal they killed on the wall, and they did not sell the animals tusks to another family. Unlike our ancestors, many people in our era do those exact things. A majority of the people who participate in trophy hunting believe that it helps conservation and population control. The sad truth is that it does not. In fact, trophy hunting is a cruel sport that should be banned. In trophy hunting, instead of letting the weakest of the species due off, trophy hunters kill the cream of the crop (In defense of the Animals). This...
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...Cleaning up down South: supermarkets, ethical trade and African horticulture is a piece by Susanne Freidberg published in Social and Cultural Geography journal in 2003 (Freidberg, 2003). Susanne Friedberg holds PhD from UC Berkely and is a Professor of Geography in Darmouth College, New Hampshire (“Susanne Freidberg,” n.d.). In the article the author argues that the ethical standards have become fetishised. The UK supermarkets compliance with such standards edges on paranoia. It does not mean that the supermarkets care about these standards from moral point of view but that the compliance is driven by fear of bad press and brand reputation loss as well as consumer marketing opportunities. The piece concentrates on what effect this has on the supply chain in Africa with particular focus on Zambia. The author outlines how appearing transparent and offering full disclosure has translated itself into what supermarket stores look like and into the vegetable packaging. Ethical standards have become a tool for supermarkets to stave off bad publicity, another way to market products to consumers and to distinguish themselves from competitors. Mistrust in government has given supermarkets “the opportunity to portray themselves as the new and more effective gatekeepers of the food supply” (Marsden and Wrigley 1996; Marsden, Flynn and Harrison 2000 cited in Freidberg, 2003, p. 32). But more power also comes with more responsibility. The power supermarkets wield combined...
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