Inside Story - What is behind the food crisis -15 May 08 -P1

[redresonant]

Market-capitalism must die or we do. If you believe everything in our system can be this fucked without it being the overall system fucking us, then I can offer to get your head out of the sand.

[lproth]

1.2 Billion Indians eat more than 300 million Americans? also two of the ladies on this program look like they could eat a little/ lot less.

[cradle2light]

for Decades the DEVELOPED countries esp the Major Staples Producers has been SQUEEZING the family owned farms out of Business and DEEPER in POVERTY!!!!

TOGETHER with Huge AGRIBUSINESS the WEST HAS made the THIRD WORLD into more MISERY!!!!

its not CONCERN about LIFTING the LIVING STANDARD of the rest of HUMANITY but LIVING the POCKETS of Shareholders and Armies of SPECULATORS who jump at starting line called GREED!!!!!!!!!SHEER GREED!!!

[cradle2light]

During these Sessions of price frenzies i wonder How Much or HOW LITTLE extra did TRICKLED into the farmers families who seems to be FOREVER ENSLAVED and DEPENDENT to the CONDITIONS set by the BIG AGRIBIZ be it seeds(GMO patents on Nature HAH)the OVERWHELMING prices HIKES of PESTICIDES FERTILIZERS..

imagine the THIRD WORLD before the ill advised SCHEMES of BIG BIZ the FARMERS were DOING mostly ORGANICS for Generations!!!!

something Must BE DONE to Lift the BILLIONS of FARMERS out of POVERTY!!!

[wildchildplasma]

By the way AljeezeraEnglish dosent yet have a tvulive channel.

I like channels that encourage the views of more than sided western media.

It's nice to learn to get to know the real world as it rises with its troubles too.

[wildchildplasma]

I find there is a big need to productise distrubute local farmers produce.

I live in Norfolk England where the farmers markets are strong locally.

Even still else where in the contry farmers havent faired so well.

Another is the slow adopting of using plant thermo dynamics better to cater better for water supply in hot climates.

I myself eat very well and am vegan.

I always try to buy locally and internationally from developing groups and the the other stuff people need encouragement here.

[jonathantosio]

What about diverting crops to produce meat? Al Gore and the rest of these goons keep on leaving that unpleasant point out.

Imagine if everyone went vegetarian. There would be NO food shortage by a LONG way, even if the world ate as much as the Americans.

[jammoexii]

There would still be food shortage issues, especially regarding the general problem of distribution, which would still exist. It would (or at least could) be extremely helpful, however.

[uchoob00]

If each country took control of their food production and minimized or got rid of imports all together, then there would not be this problem