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Thanks for the reply's. Food for thought. Another side of 'aid' is the EU providing aid while at the same time dumping milk, butter, etc in Africa and forcing l
by digitalengineer 14y ago
Thanks for the reply's. Food for thought. Another side of 'aid' is the EU providing aid while at the same time dumping milk, butter, etc in Africa and forcing locals out of a living because of all the cheap Euopean products. Everyday goods such as bread, milk, sugar and chicken are all more expensive because of the payments made to British and European farmers. At the same time, dumping of subsidised produce in African countries is forcing local producers out of business.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/eu-subsidies-deny-africas-farmers-of-their-livelihood-478419.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/eu-subsidie...
- vidarh 14y agoAgree - agricultural subsidies are a massive problem. They're unfortunately also almost politically untouchable.
- pjmlp 14y agoFully agree. Another dark side of such issues is that when the production goes over the quotas, then the food is just dumped instead of being given to poorer countries. I know this can also affect the local farmers, but it just seems bad to throw food away when there is so much hunger in the world.