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Alan Broughton's new essay looks at the impact of trade liberalisation and other neo-liberal policies on farm income and food security.It is an excellent over view of the current challenges bearing down on the working farmer. *** > "There is money to be made in farming, but not by the farmers. This paper > examines the reasons why farmers around the world are poor and there are a > billion hungry people. The terms of trade for farmers continually declines > and farmers are forced off the land. Governments and international bodies > advocate further deregulation and trade liberalisation and greater use of > technology, yet these policies have undoubtedly failed in their stated aims > of increasing food security and rural prosperity. The beneficiaries have > only been the agribusiness corporations which have been instrumental in the > design of the new order of agricultural production. " *** Agricultural expropriation: Making money from farmers http://soilalliance.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/agricultural- expropriation-making-money.html dave riley _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com