The role of India s government in the plight of India s poor cannot be understated. India has had one of the lowest growth rates of all developing nations and is one of the poorest countries in the world. This is after 45 years of foreign aid-financed, centrally planned development. India has one of the world's largest and most inefficient public sectors. Once again, the blame lies with idiot governments, not with modern agriculture or multinationals.
European agriculture enjoys massive subsidies at the expense of European taxpayers.
Perhaps Shiva should be taking the EU to task an not Monsanto. Making internally consistent arguments is apparently not one of Shiva s strong points. It s a non sequitur. Anyway, if real prices are doubling then even the most incompetent Indian farmer should make a profit. One again, the lie that the green revolution has reduced the nutrition is dragged out.