Re:Millennials ‘Make Farming Sexy’ in Africa, Where Tilling ...
by jelliclesfarm on Monday June 10, 2019 @03:42AM
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If food prices drop, won’t farmers make less too and hence lower income?
Maybe I am not understanding the math properly. Food is cheap in the USA because we import them from poorer countries where labour is cheap. And we also consume a lot. This benefits the exporting country. But if we were to produce our own food, the local production won’t be cheaper.
Maybe I am not understanding the math properly. Food is cheap in the USA because we import them from poorer countries where labour is cheap. And we also consume a lot. This benefits the exporting country. But if we were to produce our own food, the local production won’t be cheaper.