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

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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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Burkina Faso actually accomplished this very recently iirc

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Dupelet@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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.

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zout@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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.

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