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0 pointsBorrible4y ago0 comments

Yes, but who will have the money to buy your 'overproduction', for what will he buy it and how will it be 'pretty easily' shipped?

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/20/food-price-spikes-and-s...

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/12/bread-prices-ri...

https://www.skuld.com/topics/cargo/solid-bulk/agricultural-c...

Filter the chart to 'All' to have a wider scope. On it and things as a whole:

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/future/w00

In the olden times some considered it a good measure to secure food production by subsidies. You know, hungry people get restless. If that is your intent or you don't have to face the consequences, it's fine. But for the most part to keep the masses fed is a basic measure.

Of course with time, things get complicated for governments:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-03/egypt-s-p...

But you always have to consider the angry rabble will string you up at the next streetlight.In the aforementioned parts of the world gladly with an 'Allāhu akbar' on the lips.

Admitted, in many parts of the world they, the masses that is, are quite overfed by now and appropriate measures should be taken. But that can change quite fast.

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eru4y ago

Eh, if food really gets scarce, we can just eat less meat. Ie switch to more efficient means of producing food fairly quickly.

People like eating meat, so there will be protests etc, but it's not threatening famine.

> In the olden times some considered it a good measure to secure food production by subsidies. You know, hungry people get restless. If that is your intent or you don't have to face the consequences, it's fine. But for the most part to keep the masses fed is a basic measure.

Which 'olden times' are you talking about? When and where?

Direct subsidies for growing food are probably one of the least efficient ways for that goal.

Just imagine what would happen without the subsidies: the agricultural land in question wouldn't just leave the country. Mostly people just grow different things with and without subsidies.

BorribleOP4y ago

A reply without any inclination of doing basic stuff like googling 'History of Agricultural subsidy' or at least skimming the links in my last post.

Sweet, a downvote trap.

Well go ahead.

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