Markets and States

Much of Robert Bates’ book, “Markets and States in Tropical Africa,” is about the use of imported crops more so than the domestic crops. He points out that farmers who are not “elite” are losing out on money because the government has a love affair with farmers who are in it just for the money. There are policies that say that farmers cannot export goods, although crops and other goods are quite frequently imported into our country which is putting domestic farmers in a hard financial position. It was very interesting to see that this has always been a problem and it is not just a recent problem that our country and its farmers have experienced. Unfortunately, farmers today are not only experiencing lost wages because of imported crops, but they are also experiencing lost wages from genetically modified crops. Bates seems to foresee that this problem is only getting larger and will not get better. It is toxic to our local farmers because people......

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