On Community

The second is that after the forma -tion of the World Trade Organization in 1995, international trade in food became very prevalent. In many of the big population centers in Africa, it’s often cheaper to import food from other countries than it is to grow domestically. The terms of trade have made it very hard to create a competitive supply system... See more

So the U.S. might want to send seeds to Tanzania or Guatemala or somewhere. How would they ensure that they get crops back at the end of that? M: Yes. There are real challenges with this, particularly depending upon the nature of the disaster. The global financial system and even basic communi -cations may be severely damaged. Money and contracts... See more