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...have seen big changes," says Ndivo, taking time out from tending his crop of baby corn. "Some now are able to pay school fees, to save money and they can manage their homes in a way they couldn't before...
Heavy problems from the flooding remain, though. Water damaged the homes of almost a million people and devastated crops of corn, bananas and beans. Villahermosa resident Jesus Hilario returned home to find his crops completely washed away. "I could be forced to go and work in El Norte," Hilario said, referring to the U.S., where 11 million of his countrymen labor. Getting Hilario to stay and rebuild will prove to be Calderón's greatest test...
...would have free electricity until February to help alleviate their problems. He will have to find a lot more aid to resolve the flood victims' problems. The rushing water damaged the homes of almost a million people, or about half of Tabasco's population. It also devastated crops of corn, bananas and beans that provide the livelihood for thousands. After water levels finally started receding this week, Jesus Hilario left his shelter in a schoolhouse on the outskirts of Villahermosa to find his patches of corn and bananas completely washed away. "I could be forced go and work...
...CORN $3.52 per bu., up from $1.81 in 2005. The increase is mostly due to the ethanol boom...
CRITICS OFTEN EXAGGERATE THE IMPACT of farm programs, as if the Great Plains would become amber waves of arugula if only we stopped subsidizing King Corn. But government policies are supposed to reflect national priorities. Politics isn't destiny, but it does influence behavior on the margins. And in a country with 1 billion acres (40 million hectares) of farms and ranches, we've got big margins...