#TechnoHumanitarianism #DigitalHumanitarianism #GlobalHunger #FoodInsecurity: "Weâd fallen prey to the comforting illusion that shiny new technology would solve everything. But technology does not work on its own; it needs attendants, people like Abdou, Nasser, and all those who worked to get things right for the refugees in BĂ©tou.
Ultimately, mobile money transfers proved to be an effective solution to a humanitarian supply-chain issue. Still, there was a larger problem left unsolved: the community was still unable to feed itself without aid. Working with UNHCR, WFP advocated with authorities to allow the Central Africans to obtain the land they needed to farm. The Congolese had given the refugees protected status, but they still refused to let them acquire farmland. Ultimately, an agreement was reached that allowed refugees to lease farmland from locals for three to five yearsâenough time to give them some security, and to plant food crops for themselves and sell the surplus.
Soon enough, the Central Africans began growing cabbage and tomatoes, which they sold at BĂ©touâs riverside market. Technology had streamlined one aspect of food delivery, but the larger issue of access to land and a sustainable future for the refugees could only be resolved through negotiations between human beings."
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