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Sounds familiar – I

Posted by india in AgricultureMay 21st, 2008 | No Comments

World over things seem same when it comes to bad public policies, …..

Food Crisis and Restrictive Trade Practices By Thompson Ayodele sounds very familiar. Same messed up agricultural policies, same bad incentives, bans, restrictions, central planners’ micro management, …..  But this time in Nigeria.

Waiver of mass debt

Posted by india in AgricultureApr 28th, 2008 | No Comments

Great alternatives, to the recently announced loan waiver,  from Vijay Mahajan in Waiver of mass debt How that money could have been used to really change lives.

The current generosity will only cover the upper quartile of farmers. The same Rs 600 billion could have been used to permanently secure the livelihoods of at least 30 million poorer farmers in rain-fed areas.