From: glevy@pratt.edu
Date: Mon Jul 07 2008 - 14:04:39 EDT
>> Two understand how income is distributed in the Third World, one needs to > look secondly at the micro level, and relate this to whether or not the > country in question is a net exporter or importer. Hi Martin: You have to loook at many questions on the micro level including which crops are being used for biofuels. For instance, corn (a major US food export) is used for ehanol. What about rice? It's the rise in the price of rice on domestic markets in East Asian countries which has caused the most social turmoil. Is the land that was used for growing rice and selling it domestically now being used for growing other crops for export? I sincerely doubt it for several reasons including the fact the rice paddys are generally unsuitable for growing many other crops. The rice producers are almost certainly affected by increasing fuel prices, though, and the increased costs of production could drive marginal producers out of the market. Let's not forget that in many countries, a large proportion of urban inhabitants were originally peasants or agricultural workers who fled the countryside because of rural mass poverty. In solidarity, Jerry _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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