Tag Archives: agriculture
Commodity Crises: A Liberal Capitalist Perspective
Posted on 18. May, 2008 by Ali Salman.
In 1997, Vietnam, a predominantly agricultural country where 80 percent of the population is rural, lifted the internal and external trade restrictions on rice: its main staple. 95 percent of urban households are net buyers of rice and a North-South divide exists in terms of rice production. The incidence of poverty in the rural areas,
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World Wheat Whereabouts
Posted on 17. May, 2008 by Ahsan Ali Mangi.
Pakistan is the world’s sixth largest producer of wheat, according to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, with an annual production of over 21 million metric tonnes (MT). The US Department of Agriculture estimates Pakistan’s rice consumption to be over 2.5 million MT. With exports of about the same quantity, Pakistan is capable of feeding [...]
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