Name : Dean (49712059)
Reaction article # 5
Date : 30/10/2008
From : BBC
Fish farming in Malawi's dustbowl
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/76837478.stm)
My reaction:
The news is about fish farming in Malawi, an interior country in the south-east Africa. The locals bring up fish in dust bowl. This is the way that they make a living.
Firstly, it is a common phenomenon in Africa. Most people doesn’t have chance to study, they can’t apply any jobs in office. Therefore, what they apply for is labour-requiring work, such as farmer, fisherman or miner. Their work is much heavy and they earn not much. Moreover, the climate in Africa is abominable as the rainfall is very low. It is only in spring, so the agriculture is poor as well as the fish farming. If the weather is heavy, their effort will be in vain.
Secondly, despite the murky water, the fish are rich in nutrition, such as calcium, vitamin a and protein. They strengthen our immune system to prevent decease. The fish are nutrient because of the topography-dust bowl. It contains many minerals and plankton. Of cause the fish not only prowl also are fed by their owner. In addition, they would receive their harvest after six months, and then they can get over the dry season.
As a result, though living in such a poor environment, they could face it optimistically. Why do we make ourselves unhappy? We earn more money than they do. We don’t worry about the food. What makes us sad? Maybe the stress is from work or finance. Anyway, we should learn from them. (203 words)
1 則留言:
Aquaculture is bringing food security to hundreds of families in drought prone areas of Malawi. They are introducing small-scale aquaculture to ensure families in Malawi have enough food and income to buy maize - even in years when droughts affect their crops. The project assists farmers by digging small, rain-fed ponds of about 10x15m on their land,or anywhere the soil is suitable for retaining water, because people who took up fish farming thought there was no longer any need to grow maize. Now we see fish is just one part of a family's agriculture.
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