Being proactive in times of food insecurity
The war in Ukraine (Europe’s ‘breadbasket’) and the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to supply chain problems in many countries. Shortages of food will affect the poorest, because low supplies inevitably mean higher prices.
It may pay you to think of ways to counteract commodity shortages. While many communal farmers already plant staple crops such as maize, many other vegetable and fruit crops can be planted on small portions of
