Mr Paarlberg argues that the famine in the 1980s coincided with a drop in official American funding for farmers in Africa.

帕尔·伯格认为，1980年代的饥荒刚好碰上美国官方下调了对非洲农民的拨款。

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The production of Kenyan maize, the country’s staple, is likely to drop by one-third, hitting poor farmers’ families hardest.

肯尼亚的主要粮食作物玉米的产量减少了三分之一，穷苦农民家庭受害最深。

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In Vietnam, pig prices have fallen recently following a sudden drop in buying by Chinese traders, with some Vietnamese farmers left in debt, according to media reports.

据媒体报道，由于中国商人对生猪的购买量骤降，导致一些越南养殖者债台高筑。生猪价格应声暴跌。

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With elections coming, India is continuing to subsidize farmers, hoping to drop inflation from 11% early this year to 7% for all of 1995.

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Moreover, he says farmers are less concerned about a drop in crop prices at the top of the market, than about similar declines at the bottom.

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Although such genetic engineering is essentially an extension, or refinement, of techniques that have been around for centuries, it has led to less use of chemical pesticides, a drop in pesticide poisoning of farmers and their families, more environment-friendly agronomic practices and greater profits for farmers.

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