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Article: Q&A: LATIN AMERICAN FARMING FINDS PROFIT IN GLOBAL CRISIS
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- July 16, 2009
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Inter Press Service English News Wire
07-16-2009
Sabina Zaccaro interviews JOSEFINA STUBBS from IFAD
ROME, Jul. 16, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - The financial crisis could
actually boost agriculture in Latin America, Josefina Stubbs,
director of the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD) division for Latin America and the Caribbean tells IPS in
an interview.
Excerpts from the interview:
IPS: What are the effects of the economic crisis on agriculture
in Latin America? Is there a risk it could increase rural poverty?
Josefina Stubbs: I think the current financial crisis is an
opportunity for the rural sector, even if this sounds a little bit
strange. It does present an opportunity ...