{"id":190341,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/190341/?format=json","text_counter":57,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Lekuton","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":66,"legal_name":"Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton","slug":"joseph-lekuton"},"content":"asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) given that the world food prices are escalating due to fuel prices, the decision by the USA to produce ethanol from corn and various other reasons, what the Ministry is doing to an avert acute food shortage; and, (b) what plans the Government has to make arid and semi-arid areas more productive to feed the nation."}