Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site SCIRTP.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!SCIRTP!todd From: todd@SCIRTP.UUCP (Todd Jones) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: America's role in world hunger & red spread Message-ID: <317@SCIRTP.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 12:45:37 EDT Article-I.D.: SCIRTP.317 Posted: Thu Aug 15 12:45:37 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 04:06:06 EDT References: <1653@dciem.UUCP> <1208@umcp-cs.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: SCI Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 21 > Actually, field work has shown that a important factor is the lack of lateral > flow between the lowest level markets. Crops are generally not exchanged > outside of the most local markets, flowing instead into the upper class > market structure, where they remain. The farmers therefore have to raise > what they need, rather than what is most profitable. The export crops would > not pose a problem if this exploitative structure did not exist. These crops > would still be in demand, but they would be accompanied by an internal flow > of food crops, and even by competing export crops. > > I have a reference for this, but it will take a little while to dig it up. > > C Wingate This seems to be addressing a different cause of poverty and hunger in third world countries than the original posting. The original posting dealt with land owned and controlled by agribusinesses, while this article deals with land owned by "locals." But getting back to your posting, what is responsible for this exploitative structure in the first place? I'd like to hear more. -todd jones