Re: Global Hunger is Increasing, UN Report Says

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jim Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Bruce Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jim Webster"
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>> >"Torsten Brinch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> >> Global Hunger is Increasing, UN Report Says
>> >> USAgNet - 11/25/2003
>> >>
>> >just as the EU is cutting food production
>>
>> Production is not the problem ... it's the distribution :)
>
>yes and no.
>
>Currently we have large stocks of food, so distribution is a problem
>But grain production has been less than demand for (from memory) the last
>four or five years. Those large stocks are shrinking.
>The EU has cut set-aside to 5% from 10%, they reckon this will bring in
>about another 7 million tons.
>However the CAP reform will almost certainly lead to a fall in grain
>production, unless the world market price remains at current levels.

I suspect that the reason for cuts is to push the price up. That's 
what oil producers do ... just produce less if you want more 
bucks/barrel :)

Bruce


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