Food boom with a twist turns screws on farmers

By Comment by Ross Gittins, Smh
Updated December 22 2015 - 10:42am, first published November 7 2012 - 9:04am
Food boom with a twist turns screws on farmers
Food boom with a twist turns screws on farmers

THE first thing to realise about the rise of Asia is that our farmers are about to join our miners in the winners' circle. The second is that climate change and other environmental problems may greatly limit our farmers' ability to exploit this opportunity. The third is that what we see as a looming bonanza, the rest of the world sees as a global disaster.

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