Quote Originally Posted by TheOriginalFlashDavo
Actually, the main issue with that is with bodies like the World Bank and other development finance bodies. In many places they have basically forced many local farmers to grow "cash crops" to sell overseas rather than the crops that would provide food locally
how have the forced local farmers to grow cash crops? Does hte world bank and other finance bodies have militaries deployed to these areas. Are they napalming disobedient villages?

Or are the merely expecting these people to have a plan to pay back the money they borrow?

And also, if on the one hand American (and Australian et al) can take advantage of the global economy with regards to cheaper labour ...etc then it's hardly unfair for developing economies to be able to grow crops for those in the west who can pay more.
They can do whatever they wish, all I was saying is that if you are trying to use the cheaper cost of labor to have a competitive edge in agriculture you are probably going to have a bit of a problem. The U.S. sort of tried different agriculture methods in the early 1800s.. it turns out technology is cheaper than the cheapest human.