GGR287H5 Lecture Notes - Subsistence Agriculture, Soil Retrogression And Degradation, Price Controls
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Majority of malnourished people africa and south asia. Dramatic increase in overall food production mandatory . The right to define their own agricultural, labor, fishing, food and land policies : no outside interference, no dumping food in foreign markets. Average food supply rarely> existential minimum (even under best conditions) Could never produce enough food to eliminate extensive malnutrition/starvation. Multiple crops/animals (> resilience against specific problems. But useless against general problems droughts floods, etc. ) Cultivate different patches of land whenever possible (different sides of a hill etc) Identify scapegoats (speculators and hoarders, preferable from different ethnic/religious backgrounds) Sell whatever they count (from farm animals to children) Trade barrier: any governmental policy or regulation that restricts international trade. Imposition of some sort of cost on trade that raises the price of the foreign products. When 2 or more nations repeatedly use trade barriers against each other.
