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So Nigeria, a country which imports maize, rice and tomato paste thinks it should devote its land to growing avocados. SMH.

There are times I wonder if Western capitalists invent and promote fancy new superfoods and whatnots so they can create agricultural and ecological stress in African and South American countries.

Simply create excuses where they can take land away from local staples to cause poverty in those countries and protect their own farmers subsidized production of basic foods.




Western capitalists did not "invent" avocados, nor are they "fancy new superfoods". People objectively like them a lot, and biologically, they should, they're creamy, fatty goodness.

It's simply a consequence of people wanting to (and being able to afford) good tasting food.


I guess they don't realize that "being able to afford" implies land which should be used for to produce staple foods for the poor in the producing countries is used to produce foods which Westerners can do without.

Why should Nigeria import rice and wheat and export avocados her citizens don't need, because the avocado farmers can retain export proceeds abroad, while the food importers profit from subsidized basic foods produced in the West?


Are you arguing against specialization and trade in general, or just in the specific case of staple food?


Making up numbers for sake of argument.

You only have enough farms to feed half your people. You can feed half your people or export something twice as expensive and import enough food to feed everyone. That’s the whole argument of globalization. Everyone has different geography and cultures and thus produce what makes the most money since they can import anything they need from elsewhere.


Avocados and wheat grow well in different climates. That's why we have trade.




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