Food Dumping

It is uncommon for the members of western civilization to feel that providing aid to poverty ridden nations immoral yet there is one way of aid that is, food dumping. In the last decade or so, the concept of developed nations providing third world countries with food via emergency relief organizations has shifted in the eyes of some, who claim that due to the many consequences of offering free food to these places. These consequences include a failure to compete from local farmers, a drop off in the economic progression of a country due to lack of necessity, and the permanent loss of agricultural land resulting from absence of government funding, is actually harmful and can contribute to the cycle of poverty. While it may seem to us that helping less fortunate nations by shipping them crates of food free of cost is something that can only help, this is not true. Farmers can no longer compete or turn a profit from their harvests or crop, this is because the international support comes at a rate which is significantly below the market average and so becomes the first choice of anyone in the  area. Also, the process of rebuilding or repairing a nation, and addressing the nation's pressing issues, can be brushed under the rug by misguided politicians when food aid is supplied, it is easy to step back and ignore the issues when the country's people are no longer dying from starvation. In this sense, it is easy to see how Food Dumping is an unfortunate, but real concept, and that perhaps we should re-evaluate how we as developed nations come to the aid of those less fortunate. Personally i believe the best possible solution would be to provide aid to the farmers in these countries, the aid being to help them grow crops at a faster rate and in better ways.