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Originally posted by PineyWoodsJimbo
Aren't there only a few countries who actually feed themselves and the whole rest of the world? If I remember correctly, they are France, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Canada, and the United States. If this is true, why don't those countries stop allowing the export of food to the countries who harbor the bad guys? Or maybe just slow it down, a la OPEC? Is it a sense of humanity or something else?
Unlike OPEC which contains almost all the major oil exporting countries, export of foodgrains and other agricultural produce is not limited to a handful of countries. Also unlike oil, you can find alternatives in your eating habits. Where your car will refuse to run on kerosene, you can substitute rice with something else in your daily food intake. So if a rice-exporting country stops exporting rice to a certain other country, that other country can easily find an alternative.