Telling quote about how ignorance can make humanitarian work do more harm than good
"They saw a swamp; the women saw snails, fish, water weeds, frogs, eels, and edible roots to be eaten and bartered for rice. Filling the wetland resulted in protein and micronutrient malnutrition for the rice farmers, whose supply of other foods had gone, and hunger and dependency for the people who neither had goods to barter nor food to eat. "
From an article about diet (focusing on post-partum food taboos) on IPS News






