We Reap What We Sow: Using Post-disaster Development Paradigms to Reverse Structural Determinist Frameworks and Empower Small Farmers in Mississippi and Haiti
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. . .Because of the interrelationships among crops, a major shortfall in the U.S. harvest could tip global grain and soy markets into chaos. It would affect the prices of food made directly from these commodities, such as bread, pasta and tortillas, and food made indirectly, such as pork, poultry, beef, milk and eggs. . . ‘The rest of the world is less able to pay high prices for food. What’s annoying for us is life-threatening elsewhere. . .’
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