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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsAfrica Plays the Rice Cardclipped by: RaiseClipConsider the case of Uganda. The countrys rice output has risen 2½ times since 2004, according to the Ministry of Trade. Consumption of imported rice, meanwhile, fell by half from 2004 to 2005 alone, and by half again from 2005 to 2007. The secret of Ugandas homegrown success? Ignoring decades of bad Western advice. What Uganda recognized is that the worlds major rice exporters actually practice the opposite of what the World Bank and IMF preach. Much of the rice grown in Pakistan, Vietnam, and especially the United States is stimulated by subsidy payments to farmers. Then the rice is "dumped" into African markets at low prices - sometimes below the cost of production. These producers also maintain stiff duties against imported rice, contradicting free-market ideology ![]()
Images that changed the worldclipped by: hitchhiker08clippers remarks: Worth more than a thousand words... Images that changed the world.![]() 1957. Dorothy Counts an African American student arrives for her first day at a previously all white school. She endured 4 days of harassment before she could no longer attend Harry Harding High School. ![]() January 12, 1960. One second before the Japanese Socialist Party leader Asanuma was murdered by an opponent student. ![]() 1963. Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist priest in Southern Vietnam , burns himself to death protesting the governments torture policy against priests. Thich Quang Dug never made a sound or moved while he was burning. ![]() 1972. Moments after South Vietnam planes accidentally drop a bomb on a town. ![]() 1980. Moments before succumbing to death by hunger, a Uganda child and missionary hold hands. You left out ![]() Surely you have to agree that was a defining moment on in our history. ![]() chievements with in-utero, fetal surgery ![]() ![]() Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de | ||||