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c/food · by thegreenman@slrpnk.net · 256d

Only one country in the world produces all the food it needs. Here's why | BBC Science Focus Magazine

https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/one-country-self-sufficient-why

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?

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sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 255d

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.

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zout@fedia.io · 5 pts · 255d

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.

Dupelet@piefed.social · 1 pts · 255d

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.