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1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
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A Rough Deal explores the difficulties facing Guyana, a small developing country in South America, very much dependent on agriculture for its survival. Rice and sugar, the two most important sectors of Guyana's economy, are subject to the vagaries of the global markets, and the too often un-development friendly trade policies of the EU and US, which place farmers in developing countries in extremely precarious positions. But family farmers from the developing countries, like Ireland, also find themselves struggling in light of these trade policies, which favour corportate agriculture. Paddy Harrington, a farmer from Cork, travels to Guyana to meet sugar-cane cutters in the plantations, rice farmers and millers, and Amerindian cocoa growers in a heavily forested region near the Venezuelan border. He finds many differences between farmers in Ireland and Guyana, but also discovers that they have much more in common than one might think... |
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Agriculture.
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International trade.
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Political ethics.
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Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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International relations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Harrington, Paddy.
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Comhlámh.
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Irish Aid.
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