This is misleading: "It is not too much to talk about a miracle, and one that has been achieved without the huge state subsidies that prop up farmers in Europe

This is misleading: "It is not too much to talk about a miracle, and one that has been achieved without the huge state subsidies that prop up farmers in Europe and America. " In the linked article: http://www.economist.com/node/16886442 http://www.economist.com/node/16886442 "According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), state support accounted for 5.7% of total farm income in Brazil during 2005-07. That compares with 12% in America,"