Winds of fortune on South-East Asia's farms
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Drought has affected rural areas in Sout-East Asia, with the Philippines and Indonesia hit in 1997 and 1998, and Thailand affected in 1999. Rural Thailand has already had to absorb migrants from Bangkok who have not found employment, and water levels in the main reservoirs have dropped. Farming has started to recover in the Philippines and Indonesia. There was fear that food shortages would be a serious problem in Indonesia after rice prices rose and food riots followed. The problem has been less serious than feared, and the harvest should improve in 1999. Farmers of crops such as coffee which are grown for export have benefited from a drop in value of the Indonesian currency.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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No pork in the barrel
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There are some 170,000 farmers in Britain, and they face difficult markets due to recessions in East Asia and Russia. They have also been hit by a rise in the value of pound sterling, and stricter animal welfare regulations in some aspects of livestock farming such as pig rearing. Beef farmers have also been affected by mad cow disease. Supermarkets charge high prices due to higher costs, and much producers goes to caterers who are interested in low prices so may buy cheaper imports. Farmers may favor entry into Europe as a way of ending currency fluctuations, and this mean that they may move their allegiances to Labor rather than the Conservative party.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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Research from the ground up
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Local agricultural research committees are being set up in Latin America, and scientific ideas are being explained using language and concepts that fit into local culture. Farmers identify problems and set up experiments to tackle them, following the work pioneered by Jacqueline Ashby from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia. Farmers become more innovative and local economies benefit as a result of this new approach, which also allows farmers greater control over their land.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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