not that “non-food crops” is somehow more exploitative than food crops.
Food dependency is intimately linked with sovereignty, a state that cannot feed itself except by exporting cash crops to Western states is in a materially different position to once that focuses on food sovereignty.
it’s literally a cash crop to the farmer if they’re making money from the us gov’t subsidies. i think people here think “cash crop” is an intrinsic quality of the item and not a social relation, as per Marx et al.
Food dependency is intimately linked with sovereignty, a state that cannot feed itself except by exporting cash crops to Western states is in a materially different position to once that focuses on food sovereignty.
The IMF knows this, so should we.
they’re still food dependant no matter what they’re growing
it’s literally a cash crop to the farmer if they’re making money from the us gov’t subsidies. i think people here think “cash crop” is an intrinsic quality of the item and not a social relation, as per Marx et al.