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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:23:59 +0000
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This is Francisco Gurri, again, responding to message 15 by Phelix Oyath:

I would argue that what Phelix Oyath is observing was true long before the availability of credit schemes, western seeds and fertilizers. In the Yucatán (Mexico), small farmers have been supporting themselves and paying taxes to maintain elite classes for at least four thousand years, and for many more years in other parts of the world. It would be wise to maintain a historical perspective to avoid giving economists and modern agronomists credit for what small householders have been doing since before the origins of banks and universities. 

Francisco D. Gurri García, Ph.D.
Investigador Titular C y Coordinador:
Departamento de Ciencias de la Sustentabilidad,
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur-Unidad Campeche.
Mexico
Tel: 52 (981) 127 3720 ext. 2504.
E-mail: fgurri1 (at) gmail.com

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