Falling Crop Prices Threaten Boom in Small Farms

Wall Street Journal - by Patrick Barta - Nov. 18, 2008 (Special Report)
A few years ago, this dusty frontier town was little more than a junction of dirt tracks in the jungle, with a handful of wooden buildings and beat-up old cars. Then global crop prices shot up, and Banlung became a boomtown. More »
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Notes: The story gives an interesting account of agricultural production in small countries, but it doesn't go far enough in analyzing the influence of the global economy on local crop production and the world food crisis. Why will a recovering economy lead to worsening the food shortage crisis? Didn't a booming world economy lead to more production in Banlung?

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Submitted by Submitted by Derek Hawkins - Nov 18, 2008 - 12:19 AM PST
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