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To: Gabz
For more than 30 years, Carol Thompson has been consulting on international agriculture trade issues, spending months or years at a time living in Southern African countries studying agricultural expertise and working to "expose constraining trade agreements imposed upon African farmers."
The only constraints on African farmers are imposed by their own local governments. Exporting food is not a good idea for most of Africa. Thanks Gabz.
18 posted on 01/26/2009 9:20:43 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv
The only constraints on African farmers are imposed by their own local governments.

The US and the EU subsidize and engage in protectionism when it comes to our domestic agricultural industry. That does put farmers in Africa at a competitive disadvantage.

24 posted on 01/26/2009 10:29:12 AM PST by Citizen Blade ("A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy" -Benjamin Disraeli)
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