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And at the same time (Cite):
[Economist Glen] Langan added, "We're not in a wheat-challenged world, but we're certainly in a market where almost all foodstuffs and grains will cost more than our parent's generation."
So production in 2008 will recover, we're not in a wheat-challenged world, but prices are going to stay high and millions of people in the developing world won't be able to afford to pay market prices.
Silly ol' me thinks this is a necessary pre-condition for utter disaster in the developing world. But, then, I'm not an Agricultural Economist.
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Silly ol' me thinks this is a necessary pre-condition for utter disaster in the developing world.
Of course Malthus has always been proven wrong.
I suppose the markets will have to step in and save everyone, again.
Maybe this is what economists mean by 'demand reduction'?
In the long run, so far. In the short run think Irish Potato Famine. "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
So sorry. "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
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