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Re: references on agricultural dependence



Steve B.  I have often heard reference made to the notion that 
western countries have intentionally created dependence on the 
products of their agriculture in developing countries which were 
formerly - and presumably could still be - capable of feeding 
themselves from their own resources if we had not intervened.  
Without disputing this premise, may I ask you or others to direct me 
to evidence of the very best documented and most irrefutable example 
of where this was done?  

What I'd like is one or a few references, in reputable journals or 
books from respected publishing houses, to back up this thesis.  What 
little I've seen has been written in quite inflammatory and 
condemnatory prose - which alienates and polarizes the very people who 
should be listening - usually in left of center type books from small 
radical publishing houses or obscure social science journals.  I say 
this not in a derogatory way, but rather as a statement of fact.  
This type of literature is not usable for the audiences I typically 
address.  I need something that will at least give them grounds for 
credibility. Hope you can help me out.  Ann
ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca
Dr. E. Ann Clark
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Crop Science
University of Guelph
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