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How Trump’s Trade War with China Crushed US Farmers
Trump’s Trade War has officially backfired on US Farmers and the entire US agricultural sector. 40% of crops farmed in the US is sent abroad but after Trump attacked China, China began sourcing soybeans, corn and other products from countries like Brazil. In today’s video we break down why the Trump Trade War is hurting […]
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Bayer’s “Backward” Claim: A Bid to Reap Control of Indian Agriculture
For some critics, if one firm tops a league table for anti-people, anti-nature business practices, it is Bayer (although there are many other worthy candidates). Nevertheless, the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) signed a memorandum of understanding with Bayer in September 2023. Bayer’s approach to agricultural development involves promoting a model of industrial agriculture dependent on […]
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From Net Zero to Glyphosate: Agritech’s Greenwashed Corporate Power Grab
Today, in the mainstream narrative, there is much talk of a ‘food transition’. Big agribusiness and ‘philanthropic’ foundations position themselves as the saviours of humanity due to their much- promoted plans to ‘feed the world’ with ‘precision’ farming’, ‘data-driven’ agriculture and ‘sustainable’ production. These are the very institutions responsible for the social, ecological and […]
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For Argentina’s Small Farmers, the Land Is Predictable but the Markets Are Not
Thirty years ago, in my economics textbook in India, the section on international trade referred to Argentina. It would be better, according to the textbook, for Argentina to concentrate on the production and export of beef, while Germany should direct its resources towards the production of electronics. This example was used to illustrate Adam Smith’s […]
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