The political economy of food in an unequal world
6th International Conference on Food Science and Nutrition, Paris, July 2024
Introduction
I was once asked my opinion of a Canadian development agency's aid program for rural Mali. They proposed to supply steam-pumps for irrigated rice production, even though dry upland rice is the norm there. I asked why they did not imitate western agricultural policies and give the money to the government to subsidize farm-gate prices for rice…
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