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To: TimF who wrote (184591)	3/12/2004 8:26:05 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576816

American subsidies may be part of the problem but Brazil has a much bigger overall problem.....inefficient farming. Have you heard of the slash and burn method of farming? 'That is the method popular in Brazil. Slash and burn is a popular method for small farmers trying to scratch out a living on the frontier. Not for the large farms or for the people that produce most of Brazil's agricultural exports. Yes, in Brazil that's true because Brazil has other areas for growing and is self sufficient in terms of food. Many third world countries are not. And some countries that were self sufficient, no longer are because the World Bank is encouraging them to raise cash crops to pay off their debt. There are food shortages in S. America, Asia, the Middle East but the absolute worse is Sub Sahara Africa. There is no question that the subsidization of American corporate farmers hurts farmers in developing nations. However, that's just one element of the problem. ted