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Contributor: cfallon

Date: 2003-03-04 15:03:16

Lots of poor contries have agriculture:

Zimbabwe used to be the breadbasket of Africa and could return to that position one day. And it's not the only country in Africa with fertile land.

South America is blessed with great expanses of fertile land.

Being poor does not mean starving. This is a mis-conception.

Either way, I agree, importing textiles from the 3rd world would help as well.

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Contributor: fatmomma

Date: 2003-03-09 22:05:22

Zimbabwe "used to be"
What does poor mean to you. If they can feed themselves, cloth themselves.
only other possible necessity is medicine or better variety of food.We are always being asked to help feed these countries.
We import products we need. Why should we import poultry or dairy food. If they produce a product not available in Canada and it meets our standards. Some products, some countries can carry pests or disease that threaten native crops.

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