The 2008 planting seasons came and went with much too little additional help for impoverished small farmers. African countries search endlessly, and mostly fruitlessly, for the small amounts of funding needed for their purchases of fertilizer and improved seeds.
尽管许多专业人士付出了巨大的努力，但对饥饿危机的响应仍然远远不足。2008年的种植季节来了又去，贫穷的小农户们在此期间所获得的额外援助仍是少之又少。非洲国家无尽地，也几乎无果地寻求着购买化肥和良种所需的小额资金。