3/ Snip "Capitalism has forced the hyper-specialization of various regions into profitable mono-cultures which create single points of failure in the #food system. Just one example: 90% of the green leafy vegetables produced in the US from Nov — Mar are grown in the Yuma, AZ area. We import beef from South America & fruits from all over the globe. Staple grains have become just another globally traded commodity like steel or rubber. What this means is that practically nowhere in the developed world, & most especially not in the US, can people support themselves on locally produced foods. #Farmers markets are in no way capable of offsetting a major gap in imported foods. We are completely dependent on a highly complex global logistics chain in order to eat."
#Agriculture is pivotal to #Pakistan’s economy, contributing 23 per cent to the #GDP & employing 37.4pc of the labour force. With 70pc of the country’s exports directly or indirectly linked to agriculture, disruptions in this sector can have profound #economic impacts. Recent #protests by #farmers, sparked by governmental policies & market conditions, have thrown the sector into #turmoil, exacerbating the ongoing challenges of #inflation & low #ForeignReserves.