Chapter 662: The War of Grain
Not to be outdone, Claudia said: "We have provided a large amount of food to the African people! If it weren't for this food, they would have starved to death, and even if we provide so much food every year, there are still many people in Africa who are starving to death today, and the food of the entire African continent is far from enough! Why don't you look at the food provided by you Chinese people?"
Xiao Peng looked at Claudia like an idiot: "Sister, if you go out in the future, say less like this, we don't have many people now, just talk about it, if this word spreads, it will be a big shame!"
Claudia's eyes widened, "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean?" Xiao Peng grinned: "Do you know? In my opinion, eighty percent of the reason why so many people in Africa are still starving to death is because of the so-called 'relief food' provided by you Western countries! If it weren't for this, they might not have starved to death so many people!"
"Youγγγγγγ You're talking nonsense!" Claudia jumped to her feet, and so many people next to her also looked at Xiao Peng with strange eyes, what does this mean?
Why is it that we have provided food to solve the problem of hunger for some people, but the starving people in Africa are on our heads? What are you kidding internationally?
Rebecca couldn't help but ask: "Xiao, what do you mean by that? Why is our aid to Africa still hurting them? I donate a sum of money every year to buy food for them to solve their hunger problems." β
Xiao Peng smiled at Rebecca, he had a good impression of Rebecca, a kind and innocent girl, that's all.
"Why is there hunger in Africa? Because agriculture is underdeveloped, why is agriculture underdeveloped? It's you damn so-called aid food. Xiao Peng said. "You have always claimed that you have provided a large amount of food to Africa for humanitarian aid, and you have firmly occupied the moral high ground, but this is really the most deceptive act, there is no one. β
After the new grain is harvested, the old grain is given to Africa in the form of 'aid,' which looks very good, but what you do is devastating to African agriculture!"
"How is this going to hit African agriculture?" Rebecca asked.
Looking at the confused eyes of everyone, Xiao Peng sighed and replied: "The reason is very simple, Africa's infrastructure is backward, so the transportation cost is very high, which causes the grain purchase and sales channels to be unsmooth, farmers want to sell their own grain, and the cost of the intermediate links of transportation and sales has greatly increased, and the stored grain you provide is through shipping, the cost is extremely low, Africa's rabbit grain can not compete with Western grain, in other words, even if African farmers grow grain, they can't sell it!"
"Then who still farms? Under the impact of your cheap grain, African agriculture cannot develop at all, when has your advanced agricultural technology been exported to Africa? If you want to control Africa, you can't let African agriculture develop, and without the support of stable agriculture, you want to develop and get rich!"
"You say that we in China don't give relief food to Africa? Well, we really don't give food, and China itself is still a food-deficient country. But what have we given to Africa? You go to Guinea, Mali, Tanzania, and so on! We have given them agricultural technology experimental stations and extension stations! We have taught the local people how to grow rice and vegetables, and now the whole African country that develops agriculture is supported by China!"
"You say Africans are stupid? If you go to see a war-torn country like Uganda and you white people, those are two treatments! Why is this happening? Because we know the truth that 'it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish'! There is no agriculture in Africa? We guide the development of agriculture! There is no industry in Africa? We help develop industry! When you have been to Ethiopia and looked at the Awassa Industrial Park there, you will know why the Chinese are so respected in Africa!"
Rebecca was silent for a long time after hearing this, and asked Xiao Peng, "Xiao, you're not joking, are you?"
"What am I kidding? I'll give you a simple example, let's talk about Nigeriaγγγγγγ β
Before Xiao Peng finished speaking, he was interrupted by Professor Clapton: "Wait, I've been to Nigeria, the standard of living there is still good, it's one of the richest countries in Africa, after all, Africa has the largest population, and the arable land is very good, 65% of the land in the whole country is high-quality land that can be cultivated." Will they be bad at farming?"
Xiao Peng shook his finger: "What you said is still wrong, the remaining 35% of the land in Nigeria is rainforest, because the rainforest protection plan proposed by you Western countries wants to protect the savannah, so this 35% of the land has not been reclaimed, if it is reclaimed, all of it is high-quality land, that is to say, the whole country of Nigeria is high-quality land that can be cultivated! The whole country is built on the best quality arable land in the world." β
Speaking of this, Xiao Peng's voice changed: "But do you know? Although Nigeria has the best quality arable land in the world, their grain yield per mu is the lowest in the world, and even less than the frozen land in the Siberian alpine zone!"
Professor Clapton froze in place: "How can this be? Is it because it's too dry?"
Xiao Peng smiled: "Nigeria's annual rainfall is 1,600 millimeters, which is almost double the average annual rainfall of your Eagle Country! β
"Then how did Nigerian agriculture become like this?" asked Rebecca.
Xiao Peng shrugged: "Nigeria is located in the African rainforest south of the Sahara Desert, with the right latitude and extremely rich products. I'll just say that when I was there, I ate hundreds of fruits that I couldn't name! Some were rich in oil, some were rich in vitamins, and some were high in starchγγγγγγ Even when the dry season comes, it's when the nuts in the rainforest are ripe. The dry season in Nigeria is not the dry season of a desert country like Namibia, and their dry season is similar to our autumn, which is the harvest season. Not to mention fruits, there are more than 70 kinds of nuts, and more than 10 kinds of nodules buried in the ground, and the yield is extremely high! But in such a country, most people live in a hungry and impoverished environment. Especially in the cityγγγγγ β
"Why is that?" even Claudia couldn't help but ask.
Xiao Peng said with a wry smile: "Because the products there are so abundant, the Nigerians are almost reluctant to farm, because in the rainforest, on the side of the country road, there are too many things to eat! But there is a problem here, that is, Nigeria has formed countless cities after the explosion of people in modern society, and the products in the rainforest are different from wheat and rice, and they are not suitable for long-term storage at all, so the food of Nigeria's urban population has become a big problem!"
"So Nigeria is sitting on about 600 million acres of arable land, and it actually imports millions of tons of food every year to supply new cities like Lagos. And Nigeria's agriculture is basically in a state of barrenness, that is, the kind of old aunt who pokes a hole in the ground and scatters seeds. So a lot of arable land was abandoned. β
"Why did they abandon the farmland?" Claudia continued.
XIAO PENG SNAPPED HIS FINGERS: "BINGO, TO GET TO THE POINT." This is because Nigeria has a serious problem with its industrial structure! They have oil in the country, and they use the oil industry to provide the blood and capital for urban development, and almost everything revolves around Nigeria's oil. β
Jamie frowned and asked, "No, if they want to cultivate farmland, naturally nothing like this will happen!"
"Farming?" Xiao Peng laughed: "Are you forcing peasants to farm the land? You Western countries have been dumping grain on Nigeria, and Nigeria's own grain cultivation cannot reach one-tenth of the imported grain! It is completely impossible to resist your impact on Nigeria's grain prices! If there is no income from farming, who will go to farming? If there is no income from growing grain, it is better not to plant at all! In the end, you can only exchange oil for your so-called humanitarian relief grain. Do you really think it's free?"
"The most ridiculous thing is that in order to stand on the moral high ground, these relief foods have to tell these people in your country who are overflowing with love, and you caring people spend money to buy donations. A humanitarian relief grain can earn two cents, one for your citizens and one for the other country, and you can also earn a good reputation, tsk, this business is really cost-effective!"
Hearing this, Rebecca's face changed, she is one of the people who donate money and materials every year.
"And do you think that you righteous countries have only taken oil from Nigeria? No, because you control the grain, and force Nigeria to conquer what kind of treaty have you signed? As long as it is leased by your enterprises in these countries, a one-time lease of 60 to 99 years will be given! And no lease fee will be charged! Only all the equipment, houses, etc., will be owned by Nigeria after the lease expires! And the materials produced need to be supplied to Nigeria on a priority basis under the condition of equal value! Isn't this Nima a traitor? The politicians in their own country don't know about it? Of course they do! But there's no way, because you're stuck with food!"
"Nigerians are not stupid, and the local tribes, indigenous people, and local heroes have long been dissatisfied. Although the state is too weak to organize a large-scale police and administrative structure to protect the interests of foreign businessmen, it is too early for you and the people from Gaul and Stars and Stripes to be stationed in Nigeria, but what is the result?
Clapton heard this and asked, "Kicked out?"
"That's what it means, let's go to Nigeria together now, your proud white skin is really not as good as my yellow skin. Let's just put it this way, we are in Nigeria, you can encounter ten robberies a day, and I can encounter one robbery in ten days, this is the gap!"