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I have seen enough documentaries to know to take every one of them with a grain of salt.
I may be going against the grain here, but I found Almost Heroes to be one of the funniest movies I have ever seen.
The extent of persistent unemployment, despite different labor-market structures and national institutions, suggests that theories that pinpoint one key failure should be taken with a grain of salt.
In the nineteenth century, there was an intense debate over free trade in grain, which culminated in Prime Minister Robert Peel’s repeal of the Corn Laws.
But, then again, one should take all economic forecasts about Argentina with a grain of salt.
And there is more than a grain of truth to these concerns.
These range from improving information about grain stocks and developing better weather-forecasting methods to strengthening social safety nets for the poor and helping small farmers benefit from tenders from humanitarian purchasers such as the World Food Program.
For example, since 1990 Brazil has increased grain production by 125%, with an increase of only 24% in cultivated area.
Compare Argentina with another grain exporter, Australia, which has been hit by some of the same shocks.
So it took another couple of months before the grain reached the farmers.
Farmers were left with a pink grain that they were told not to eat, only to plant.
Some began feeding the grain to chickens or sheep and watched to see if there were any bad side effects.
So some then gave the grain to old grandfathers and grandmothers, who also didn't drop dead instantly.
At that point, it seems, most farmers began giving the grain to their livestock and eating it themselves.
As grain was fed to chicken, sheep, and cows, meat, milk, cheese, and butter became contaminated.
When the imported grain was identified as the cause of the poisoning, Iraq's government acted decisively.
To stress the urgency, a death penalty for possessing pink grain after that date was declared.
By the time most learned about the order and the penalty, the two weeks were gone and the army had started to execute those found still to be in possession of the grain.
So the farmers dumped grain wherever they could--along roadsides, in irrigation canals, in rivers.
A communications strategy cannot work if it cuts against the grain of policy.
Rising food prices plague most of Asia, while Russia’s potential for expanding grain output is enormous.
According to some estimates, Russia could increase its arable area by 10 million hectares, and its crop yields by 250%, thereby boosting grain exports dramatically.
The workforce can be found to undertake the development projects in Russia’s east, including clusters of high-yielding agricultural production for grain, fodder, meat, poultry, pork, and possibly beer.
Thus, Arab countries grow water-hungry grain in the desert, and China acquires part ownership of oil companies in Sudan.
It is in this kind of world that seemingly nonsensical behavior like growing grain in the desert to ensure food security begins to make sense.
Indeed, one can imagine black marketeers and smugglers buying where grain is available and transporting it to sell to countries where it is not.
The result is a grain yield (for example, maize) that is roughly one-third less than what could be achieved with better farm inputs.
African farmers produce roughly one ton of grain per hectare, compared with more than four tons per hectare in China, where farmers use fertilizers heavily.
But reform should now work with the grain of efforts to bolster demand – for example, unleashing the silver economy, fostering digital education and innovation, and unlocking urban land markets to pave the way for much-needed investment in housing.
Like the view that running away from lions provokes them to eat you, there is a grain of truth in the view that banks fail because depositors panic.
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