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To: tx_eggman

You’ve bought the ‘do it our way or you starve all the little children’ line.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/feb/16/india-rice-farmers-revolution

“In a village in India’s poorest state, Bihar, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice – with no GM, and no herbicide. Is this one solution to world food shortages?”

Most of the 3rd world poverty comes from the small plot holders inability to afford ‘green revolution’ inputs. Special seeds, herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers cost money. Money they don’t have because they don’t have the amount of land necessary to generate that profit. Until now it’s been a circular means of failure for them.


64 posted on 06/04/2013 6:53:09 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes
In a village in India’s poorest state

One village in India is your answer ???

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72 posted on 06/04/2013 6:59:52 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: Black Agnes

India has much of the potentially most productive land on the planet. They misuse it of course, but Monsanto can help folks like that, or they can trick you into believing they don’t poop in the rice fields!


85 posted on 06/04/2013 7:18:45 AM PDT by muawiyah
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