Africa needs to do more to feed itself – Kofi Annan

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adumtumi nyansfuo 9 years ago

All you do is talk about African issues. How come you won't wake up from your luxurious life with your white lady, and help Ghana in terms of policy writing, so we can feed ourselves. That white women surely has you comfortab ...
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All you do is talk about African issues. How come you won't wake up from your luxurious life with your white lady, and help Ghana in terms of policy writing, so we can feed ourselves. That white women surely has you comfortable living the western life. Come to Ghana, and help your nation. Please find a beautiful Ghanaian women, that white women has your brains in a scramble.
K-Baah 9 years ago

Is it not strange that somebody like Kofi annan has just kept quiet about the shoddy judgement passed on the big time thief Woyome?

Is it not strange that somebody like Kofi annan has just kept quiet about the shoddy judgement passed on the big time thief Woyome?
DIAMOND 9 years ago

I like that he has so far stayed away from Ghanaian politics, as even policies, positions and the police have become politics.

He is a retired international civil servant.

If he talks, we complain.
If he does not talk ...
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I like that he has so far stayed away from Ghanaian politics, as even policies, positions and the police have become politics.

He is a retired international civil servant.

If he talks, we complain.
If he does not talk, we complain.
Allow, please.
TIJANI 9 years ago

Look he is just a talking person. Did he do anything for Africa when he was the UN Secretary-General, absolutely no. So anything he says now is rubbish. There are so many policies affecting Africa's development at the inte ...
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Look he is just a talking person. Did he do anything for Africa when he was the UN Secretary-General, absolutely no. So anything he says now is rubbish. There are so many policies affecting Africa's development at the international community, i'm sure he knows everything, he could at least help to address some of these policies. Ghana spends so much money on his education in America, but he didn't come back to save the country.
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:-SARPONG...
That is why this NDC government cannot retrieve all the money it has paid SADA fraudsters, GYEEDA and hundreds of millions of cedis it has given to Mahama business partner Agambire and RLG companies.

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Author:-SARPONG...
That is why this NDC government cannot retrieve all the money it has paid SADA fraudsters, GYEEDA and hundreds of millions of cedis it has given to Mahama business partner Agambire and RLG companies.

The only way Ghanaians are going to get the billions of dollars Mahama and his business partners have stolen from Ghanaians is to vote him out so that Nana Akuffo Addo administration will get our money back for us.

Mahama is just paying lip service to the corruption menace in Ghana because he is deeply involved. The man is schooling his 19 children in Dubai and London where education cost is not cheap.

How do you expect to convict Woyome who used part of this money to build the Ndc party headquarters?
HONESTY 9 years ago

This is why we are doomed. Until Africa stops the stupid deceiving white man politics and start doing everything for our common intertwined destiny we will not just remain poor but disappear altogether.
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This is why we are doomed. Until Africa stops the stupid deceiving white man politics and start doing everything for our common intertwined destiny we will not just remain poor but disappear altogether.
In case, we don't see what is going on, this is Evolution taking place and we are gradually dying out. Those who think they have enough should carry on selling us and wallowing in their indifference. Their time will come. I don't have hope for Africa these days because of what I have seen.
Backwardness, traitors, visionless people thrive and are worshipped too often in Africa.
DIAMOND 9 years ago

I think your issue with him is not his view of the African food situation, but rather with his wife.

There's nothing special about a white woman that you can't find in your black woman.

If she is good to him, and your b ...
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I think your issue with him is not his view of the African food situation, but rather with his wife.

There's nothing special about a white woman that you can't find in your black woman.

If she is good to him, and your black woman is good to you, whether they're Western or Eastern, that's all that matters.

He does not need to find a Ghanaian woman just because she is black.

Forget the color; it's nothing special.
Believe me.
adumtumi nyansfuo 9 years ago

THAT WHITE WOMAN MUST HAVE SCAMMBLED YOUR BRAINS. I WAS MARRIED TO A WHITE WOMEN ONCE. BUT, SHE WAS NOT GOOD FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH. I WAS NOT ACTING MY BONO-ASANTE SELF. THEREFORE, I MARRIED AN ASANTE WOMEN TO BRING BACK MY TR ...
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THAT WHITE WOMAN MUST HAVE SCAMMBLED YOUR BRAINS. I WAS MARRIED TO A WHITE WOMEN ONCE. BUT, SHE WAS NOT GOOD FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH. I WAS NOT ACTING MY BONO-ASANTE SELF. THEREFORE, I MARRIED AN ASANTE WOMEN TO BRING BACK MY TRUE CHARACTER. WHITE WOMEN CHANGE THE MENTAL FORTITUDE OF AN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN MAN.
DIAMOND 9 years ago

My point, adum, is that not all white women are bad.

If yours was bad, that does not mean Annan's is also bad.

Plus, marriage is a give-and-take.
Maybe, like the typical African male, you took but DID NOT GIVE (not nec ...
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My point, adum, is that not all white women are bad.

If yours was bad, that does not mean Annan's is also bad.

Plus, marriage is a give-and-take.
Maybe, like the typical African male, you took but DID NOT GIVE (not necessarily 100% of the time, but at least 50% OF THE TIME), so maybe Annan could be successful with your ex-wife where you failed.

So the issue was not with your ex's race, but with how you both managed the relationship.

Maybe I could also succeed where you failed.

My point: failure and success work across all hues of color.

Anyway, NONSENSE is not a countable noun, so don't use the indefinite article to prefix it. Say "WHAT NONSENSE!", not "WHAT A NONSENSE".
adumtumi nyansfuo 9 years ago

I am a doctor. I know how to write a sentence. But, this is a Ghanaian forum,so "what a nonsense" is acceptable.

I am a doctor. I know how to write a sentence. But, this is a Ghanaian forum,so "what a nonsense" is acceptable.
DIAMOND 9 years ago

No, it's not.
Acceptable by whom?
Doctor where?

No, it's not.
Acceptable by whom?
Doctor where?
KING LOMOTEY 9 years ago

Dumdass Doctor, get lost with your idiotic condescending attitude: "But this is a Ghanaian forum" nonsense. A real thinking doctor would have commented on the content of Mr. Annan's talk on our food insecurity.

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Dumdass Doctor, get lost with your idiotic condescending attitude: "But this is a Ghanaian forum" nonsense. A real thinking doctor would have commented on the content of Mr. Annan's talk on our food insecurity.

Work on your spelling of your surname, moronic doctor.
jason Okine 9 years ago

I think the man did address the article, by stating that Dr. Annan should come to Ghana and help the country in terms of policy writing. I think you are jealous of this "adumtumi".

I think the man did address the article, by stating that Dr. Annan should come to Ghana and help the country in terms of policy writing. I think you are jealous of this "adumtumi".
SMART FREMPAH, UK 9 years ago

I THINK THE NONSENSE IS COMING FROM YOU ADUMTUMI. This kind of stereotyping and running away from real life is why we find ourselves where we are today. How would you know if his wife isn't the reason why Kofi is Kofi we k ...
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I THINK THE NONSENSE IS COMING FROM YOU ADUMTUMI. This kind of stereotyping and running away from real life is why we find ourselves where we are today. How would you know if his wife isn't the reason why Kofi is Kofi we know? Your marriage went downhill with someone of a different race because the problem may have been you. I am not married to white woman (just to let you know) but your comments make my skin crawl.
Jazz 9 years ago

You probably married a white thrash that was why you never found out you true character and by the way what do you mean by your true character? You don't sound smart at all from your writing that was proberbly the reason why ...
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You probably married a white thrash that was why you never found out you true character and by the way what do you mean by your true character? You don't sound smart at all from your writing that was proberbly the reason why you never discovered your true character.
ankonam 9 years ago

all blacks marrying Whites have their minds not rightly balanced.they turn to follow the dictates of the white,and seem somehow stupid.do not forget ,Whites needs blacks to marry cos of good seks and nothing more.

all blacks marrying Whites have their minds not rightly balanced.they turn to follow the dictates of the white,and seem somehow stupid.do not forget ,Whites needs blacks to marry cos of good seks and nothing more.
ankonam 9 years ago

forget about he was un,sec general.this man has become a racist to his own black race but pretending.there lots of blacks immediately they marry Whites are influenced by the life styles of the Whites and see blacks as inferio ...
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forget about he was un,sec general.this man has become a racist to his own black race but pretending.there lots of blacks immediately they marry Whites are influenced by the life styles of the Whites and see blacks as inferior.truly speaking he regrets for being black.forget,he has nothing better to offer blacks.whites marry blacks only for good seks and not for real love.
Arthur 9 years ago

So you think the advice to work hard to feed yourself is wrong. Black man black brain

So you think the advice to work hard to feed yourself is wrong. Black man black brain
Omanba 9 years ago

ADUMTUMI NYANSAFUO does not make sense at all. If you did marry a WHITE WOMAN and it did not go well with you, that has nothing to do with the renowned diplomat.

In Ghana today, the CORRUPT and CLUELESS MAHAMA GOVERNMENT h ...
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ADUMTUMI NYANSAFUO does not make sense at all. If you did marry a WHITE WOMAN and it did not go well with you, that has nothing to do with the renowned diplomat.

In Ghana today, the CORRUPT and CLUELESS MAHAMA GOVERNMENT has an arrogant attitude of not listening to anybody.

KOFI ANNAN has offered many suggestions to MAHAMA ADMINISTRATION which have fallen on deaf ears.

This eminent diplomat will not DANCE WITH MAHAMA at a hastely arranged dance like aimless ASANTEHENE did. So his suggestions will not be taken.

Do you know ASANTEHENE HAS LOST CREDIBILITY AND EVEN HIS OWN DIVISIONAL AND SUB-CHIEFS HAVE REFUSED TO DEFEND HIM.

It is SENSELESS and BASELESS to advise Kofi Annan to marry a beautiful Ghanaian woman.

You should not live in a FOOL'S PARADISE.Think twice before you speak.
Nana Asamoa 9 years ago

We need stock machines to save foods as conservation so We can save food even two years or more in store.

We need stock machines to save foods as conservation so We can save food even two years or more in store.
Jane Blay-azouazouzo 9 years ago

All fish from Nzema-ahanta belongs to ivory coast. Do not forget the oil is Ivorian oil.

All fish from Nzema-ahanta belongs to ivory coast. Do not forget the oil is Ivorian oil.
zantoda 9 years ago

In Ghana and Africa we are always trying to solve big problems when we don't have the fundamentals, How do you produce National ID cards when you don't /cannot register births?, How do you get into sustainable food production ...
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In Ghana and Africa we are always trying to solve big problems when we don't have the fundamentals, How do you produce National ID cards when you don't /cannot register births?, How do you get into sustainable food production when you don't have energy to store or transform the produce?
Okukuseku 9 years ago

I keep wondering whether Kofi Annang is proud of being a Ghanaian. He never worked for Ghana for most of his working career. Appointed as UN Sec Gen, he never featured in anything in Ghana. I am not talking about he meddling ...
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I keep wondering whether Kofi Annang is proud of being a Ghanaian. He never worked for Ghana for most of his working career. Appointed as UN Sec Gen, he never featured in anything in Ghana. I am not talking about he meddling in politics. After UN, he cannot do anything in and for Ghana. There are disputes, social issues, education, lectures, independence day, International women's day, nothing. He is only interested in putting himself up for the whiteman to see him on the international front.
adumtumi nyansfuo 9 years ago

AGREED

AGREED
GBEWAA 9 years ago

DON'T FORGET ALL AKANS ARE FULL OF SELFISH, SELF-OPINIONATED AND SELF-GLORIFYING TRIBAL BIGOTS'S.

MOST OF GHANA'S LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENTS OF GHANA, ARE SELFISH, SELF-OPINIONATED CORRUPT AKANS, AND THAT'S WHY G ...
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DON'T FORGET ALL AKANS ARE FULL OF SELFISH, SELF-OPINIONATED AND SELF-GLORIFYING TRIBAL BIGOTS'S.

MOST OF GHANA'S LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENTS OF GHANA, ARE SELFISH, SELF-OPINIONATED CORRUPT AKANS, AND THAT'S WHY GHANA IS NOT MOVING FORWARD.

GHANA'S AKAN LEADERS HAVE SOLD OFF GHANA ON THE CHEAP TO FOREIGNER BUSINESSES.

THAT'S WHY IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY, GHANA IS STILL STRUGGLING.

AKANS ARE VERY EVIL PEOPLE.
Ndluvo 9 years ago

Hey basic agricultural research is very expensive in Ghana. No value for money. CRI, be grateful for funds received from National projects.

Hey basic agricultural research is very expensive in Ghana. No value for money. CRI, be grateful for funds received from National projects.
sibruku Tifalo 9 years ago

A PURE FANTI,from ANOMABU C/R,WAS BORN IN KUMASI.YOU SEE,He is not the guy to mingle with this CORRUPT type of DIRTY POLITICS we play in GHANA. AS a REAL STATESMAN he needs to STAY AWAY from this Undiscipline & Insulting syst ...
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A PURE FANTI,from ANOMABU C/R,WAS BORN IN KUMASI.YOU SEE,He is not the guy to mingle with this CORRUPT type of DIRTY POLITICS we play in GHANA. AS a REAL STATESMAN he needs to STAY AWAY from this Undiscipline & Insulting system.GHANA had wanted pple like RAWLINGS,NANA ADDO,KUFFOUR and many others,RESPECTABLE ENTITIES like our PARAMOUT CHIEFS to stay away completely from this dirty politics. SEE HOW OTUMFOUR ASANTEHENE has been reduced to.Therefore,KOFI,has no-choice than to TOUCH ISSUES OF ONLY NATIONAL INTEREST-like that of FOOD.
DONBOLI 9 years ago

In your fathers prefer to farm Cocoa for the white man that is what you get. Ghanaians call it export and I call it exploitation. We can't eat Cocoa and it only cocoa farms we have roads to.
Why are you exporting food you ne ...
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In your fathers prefer to farm Cocoa for the white man that is what you get. Ghanaians call it export and I call it exploitation. We can't eat Cocoa and it only cocoa farms we have roads to.
Why are you exporting food you need.
HONESTY 9 years ago

We have gradually stopped looking after ourselves and rather doing the Whiteman's bidding. Go and see how we make their lives easy everyday and ourselves harder plus sentencing our unborn kids to slavery. African are pure stu ...
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We have gradually stopped looking after ourselves and rather doing the Whiteman's bidding. Go and see how we make their lives easy everyday and ourselves harder plus sentencing our unborn kids to slavery. African are pure stupid.
Victor A. Young 9 years ago

You're absolutely right! But with a "dead goat" leader like the one we have in the seat and controlling affairs it's simply impossible! Opanyin-pa Kofi Annan your good works will always follow you, unlike some other "Aplanke" ...
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You're absolutely right! But with a "dead goat" leader like the one we have in the seat and controlling affairs it's simply impossible! Opanyin-pa Kofi Annan your good works will always follow you, unlike some other "Aplanke" people that we know. They're clueless and incompetent, it really stinks! Relax and continue to do your best for country, Africa and the World. Stay Blessed.
PEPENIIIII No3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

TANII IS STILL TANII, WHAT EVER IT IS. MAHAMA IS TANII, NO BRAINS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

TANII IS STILL TANII, WHAT EVER IT IS. MAHAMA IS TANII, NO BRAINS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
yaw 9 years ago

Kofi we need leadership in Ghana

Kofi we need leadership in Ghana
YAW ODURO 9 years ago

ASHANTIS ARE LEAVING GHANA TO FORM THEIR GOVERNMENT SOON. WE CANNOT STAY WITH THIEVES IN GHANA. WE ARE GOING TO JOIN THE IVORY COAST ,after all ashanti is a nation recognized by the united nation so why are we wasting time? a ...
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ASHANTIS ARE LEAVING GHANA TO FORM THEIR GOVERNMENT SOON. WE CANNOT STAY WITH THIEVES IN GHANA. WE ARE GOING TO JOIN THE IVORY COAST ,after all ashanti is a nation recognized by the united nation so why are we wasting time? ashanti must secede now period!
Smart Frempah 9 years ago

Mr. Annan it is not only food that we can't produce. It's everything!!

Mr. Annan it is not only food that we can't produce. It's everything!!
MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

The whole continent and its islands must change their agricultural products and their nutrition Produce and consume agricultural products that contain lots of antioxidants, and ascorbit acid, and all kinds of berries.

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The whole continent and its islands must change their agricultural products and their nutrition Produce and consume agricultural products that contain lots of antioxidants, and ascorbit acid, and all kinds of berries.

Crop Research Institute must research all the crops that are of medicinal value and trade them amongst ourselves in stead of focusing on selling overseas. Cocoa contains antioxidants and we should be eating it ourselves, instead of selling it overseas to be converted into chocolate. Tomatoes, peppers, pineapples, sweet potatoes. aluguntungun, oranges, coconuts, and all kinds of nuts. Consuming fruits and vegetables will make us more healthy.
PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI- McA 9 years ago

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EACH ONE FOR HIMSELF GOD FOR US ALL
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Nonesense. 9 years ago

Uncle Kofi, I hope you're not asking Africa to embrace your much touted GMO

I'm disappointed in you for leading the GMO crusade which the Monsanto and the rest are trying to force on us. We don't need GMO foods. As it is n ...
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Uncle Kofi, I hope you're not asking Africa to embrace your much touted GMO

I'm disappointed in you for leading the GMO crusade which the Monsanto and the rest are trying to force on us. We don't need GMO foods. As it is now Africa has been recolonized, didn't Kwame warn us in his book? The moment we give into GMO we would be wiped off the surface of the earth. We cant afford to be begging for food from West. Please most Africans respect you so kindly desist from forcing GMO on your own people?
Theo- USA 9 years ago

Good to maintain your status as a refined international diplomat. I think you hit the nail on the head. It's about time African leaders and all set an Agenda for Real Development instead of looting state resources. God Bless

Good to maintain your status as a refined international diplomat. I think you hit the nail on the head. It's about time African leaders and all set an Agenda for Real Development instead of looting state resources. God Bless
Ghanabiya 9 years ago

Can the CRI show to Ghanaians the impact their existence has made to agriculture in Ghana?

Can the CRI show to Ghanaians the impact their existence has made to agriculture in Ghana?
Kwaku A. Danso 9 years ago

Kofi,
Glad you are coming home. However, to make farming profitable for the small farmer, they need to cultivate a minimum of about 10-20 Acres and that may imply a small loan so they can lease a tractor for a few days and s ...
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Kofi,
Glad you are coming home. However, to make farming profitable for the small farmer, they need to cultivate a minimum of about 10-20 Acres and that may imply a small loan so they can lease a tractor for a few days and some labor cost.
Did anybody ever think that educated Ghanaians would go into farming without some means of financing and ability to be able to pay for a pickup truck and have decent water, electricity supply, and transportation to the farms?
PLEASE let us think of people as co-equal humans and we can solve these problems. Our governnments simply think we have illiterates to do farming and and that is not so anymore. All farmers sent their kids to school and we need to provide basic human amenities and the basic financial support for these people to earn a profit to uplift their living conditions. If that were so, you would find many youth willing to try and grow fruits, vegetables, and nuts and we can feed ourselves and even export.
So please talk money!!Not mere politics and motivation. This is not that hard to understand.
Bread and kokonte 9 years ago

Foolish man after selling the continet his masters for peanut look at him.

Foolish man after selling the continet his masters for peanut look at him.
Grace Divine Jesson 9 years ago

God bless you. The government should collect the land from Chinese and use the land for this project. It will bring income to the youth, it will improve our economy it will reduce poverty. The land Chinese are abusing is brin ...
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God bless you. The government should collect the land from Chinese and use the land for this project. It will bring income to the youth, it will improve our economy it will reduce poverty. The land Chinese are abusing is bringing hardship to the farmers. The land is being destroyed, literally Chinese are not helping Ghana but destroying our farm lands, they are making us poor and making China rich. Mr president please make sure this project is made possible to improve our economy .
Seth savor 9 years ago

Africa problem is mental. We can not stay on issue and debate. We insult, African can't accept constructive criticism with out attack . Hence always backward .

Africa problem is mental. We can not stay on issue and debate. We insult, African can't accept constructive criticism with out attack . Hence always backward .
koki 9 years ago

Col Acheampong strategy would have worked better if allowed to rule Ghana. His strategy Operation feed yourself was very popular in those times.

Col Acheampong strategy would have worked better if allowed to rule Ghana. His strategy Operation feed yourself was very popular in those times.
Alhassan Abdul Latif 9 years ago

My name is Alhassan Abdul Latif. I am a
graduate from University of Cape Coast with 2nd Class Upper Division in Bsc. (Psychology). Am still offering my national service at Tampion Junior High School. I am 25 years old, a nat ...
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My name is Alhassan Abdul Latif. I am a
graduate from University of Cape Coast with 2nd Class Upper Division in Bsc. (Psychology). Am still offering my national service at Tampion Junior High School. I am 25 years old, a native of Zoonaayili, a farming community in Savelugu municipality. Considering the rich farm land I have at my village, I decided to take advantage and go into farming but, the starting capital is not available. I want some one to help me with capital to go into maize farming. Am actually passionate about starting my own thing instead of waiting to employed. I even have a well written proposal so if you find the need to help me please you can contact me to a look at my proposal or you can refer me to any organization that can help me. With your help , I believe I can do it. So please help me.
You can contact me on 0247011871,
0203171028. Email: becash07@gmail.com
brett pearce 9 years ago

If you give a man a earth roto he will make a garden in his street and the next.lf you give his wife some seedlings she will plant out the street an the next.renew the urban garden even if it is only the humble potato or even ...
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If you give a man a earth roto he will make a garden in his street and the next.lf you give his wife some seedlings she will plant out the street an the next.renew the urban garden even if it is only the humble potato or even a sweet one.

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