# How Africa Grows the World’s Food but Farmers Still Can’t Afford Seeds

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Podcast: [The World's Mayor Experience by Joshua T Berglan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-s-mayor-experience-by-joshua-t-berglan-5798991)
Published: 2026-06-20T13:28:15+00:00
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## Resource

How can a continent grow the world’s food, feed global industries, supply luxury products, and carry the world’s raw materials… while many farmers still cannot afford the seeds for the next season? In this episode of The World’s Experience , Joshua T. Berglan speaks from Limbe, Cameroon, about one of the most urgent conversations of our time: agriculture, farmers, food sovereignty, regenerative systems, ownership, and why Africa must control more of the value chain. This is not just about farming. This is about freedom. This is about ownership. This is about whether Africa will continue to be treated as the place where value begins, but not where value is finished. Inspired by a powerful teaching from Dr. Myles Munroe, this episode explores the economic trap of being taught how to produce raw materials without being taught how to convert them into finished value. Grow the cane, but not the sugar. Grow the cotton, but not the cloth. Grow the cocoa, but not the chocolate. Grow the coffee, but not the café. That is not just history. That is a system. And it is time to change the conversation. The World’s Experience is not just a podcast. It is the life, media platform, and mission of Joshua T. Berglan, documenting people, places, truth, and transformation from Cameroon and beyond. Learn more at joshuatberglan.com 00:00 — How can Africa grow the world’s food but farmers still lack seeds? 01:05 — Why this conversation is bigger than farming 02:15 — The World’s Experience from Limbe, Cameroon 03:20 — Why agriculture became one of my most important focuses 04:45 — Most people celebrate the harvest but ignore the crisis before planting 06:00 — Farmers are expected to perform miracles with empty pockets 07:10 — Myles Munroe’s warning: cane to sugar, cotton to cloth 09:00 — The…

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