Once again, the Times
demonstrates its outstanding roster of reporters who, when left to sort out a complex and opaque situation, can explain and illuminate. Sabrina Tavernise’s piece in yesterday’s paper shows what happens when corruption and a failure to ignore the principles of crop rotation - anyone remember George Washington Carver? - combine to form, in effect, a region’s “agricultural policy.” Old Farming Habits Leave Uzbekistan a Legacy of Salt
Read that - think about the Midwestern floods - and wonder about near-to-medium term food prices.
