Why India needs transgenic crops

[Michael Perelman]

I was merely pointing out the ag. trade deficit. The US excels in
producing large amounts of grain per capita because grain production is
easiest to mechanize.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 10:45:38AM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Michael Perelman wrote:
> 
> >you are right and wrong.  The US yields are not particularly high, but the
> >US output per worker are VERY high.  Also, last I looked the US was a net
> >food importer, by $$$.  We import the pricey stuff.
> 
> Well, yeah, we don't make parmesan cheese like they do in Parma. But 
> what about grains? The coffers are bursting with surplus product, no? 
> And high output per worker is not to be despised, is it?
> 
> Doug

-- 
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu