Western Cow vs. Eastern Farmer: the Absurdity of Inequality


1.5 billion marginal farmers in the developing world live in virtual penury. Simultaneously, 1.5 billion cattle in the industrialized world are reared in luxury, with a cow in the developed world receiving subsidies that amount to almost twice the annual income of an average Third World farmer.

It is a strange world. It is also an unequal world. The glaring inequality is not confined to the ever-widening gulf between the rich and poor, between the elite and the masses and between the people and the powers-that-be. There is also an inequality between cattle in western countries and millions of farmers in developing countries.

It is a strange paradox, the result of flawed economics and an imperfect development paradigm.

The Indian farmer -- for that matter any of the 1.5 billion small and marginal farmers from the developing countries - owns on an average not more than two acres of land and still continues to feed himself and his family of five, year after year. He lives under a thatched roof or a tin roof, often with not even an electric fan, little or no sanitation facilities and no government support in the form of direct subsidies..........Click for more

 

Source Web Page: worldhungernotes


Comments (0)



Please Login or Register to join groups