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SELF SUFFICIENCY INCREASES IN RURAL AREAS

SELF SUFFICIENCY INCREASES IN RURAL AREAS
Dependency in Mexico has long been an issue which has hovered around the worldwide landscape. The need to for poor people to be able feed themselves and survive in Mexico exists as one of the more burning issues for hunger organizations around the world. In his article, “Self-Sufficiency Increases in Rural Areas,” Pilar Franco tackles this issue head on. I found this article while rummaging through several articles about Mexico. Finally I found one that caught my eye at http://www.converge.org.nz/lac/artindex/mexico.htm, a website that focuses primarily on Latin American issues. I specifically grew interested in this article because I learned, through several other articles, that while Mexico is a country so rich in resources, culture and potential, still nearly 40 percent of nearly 100 million inhabitants live in poverty. However, the beauty of this article is that it is not an accumulation of boring facts, numbers and polls. Instea...

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