Because of rural impoverishment and a drought earlier this year, dire hunger afflicts millions of people. Donors are rallying for food aid, but they are resisting the obvious need to help the poorest million farmers (and their four million dependents) get soil nutrients and improved seeds in time for the planting season this autumn.
今天的马拉维正是这样一个迫切的例子。由于农村的贫困和今年初的旱情，严重的饥荒影响了数百万的人民。捐助国纷纷联合起来筹集救援食品，但对帮助上百万最贫穷的农民（以及四百万依靠他们生活的人）在今秋种植季节前及时获得肥料和改良种子这样显而易见的需要却视而不见。