Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9503211327.B19678-a100000@cap1.capaccess.org> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 13:10:29 -0500 From: "Robert D. Haslach" <mailto:rhaslach@CAPACCESS.ORG> Subject: Re: Myths of African Hunger (fwd) To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
Where free markets have been permitted (West Africa and Tanzania in my experience) and in particular where private operators were permitted/not forbidden to buy future rights to crops and provide farmers with inputs they want/need at real prices, then ag has done well. In Togo it was a real gamble to buy futures; the negative payout was to feed the crocs in the lagoon. So if the official resistance to a free market was that real, then it must be a very important element. Inshort - I agree with the anonyomous State Dept emailerRegards, Robert D. Haslach Bye