If food is so expensive, why aren’t farmers rich?

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By GOZIEM OKUBOR Something curious happened to a group of rice farmers in northern Nigeria. They found a way to produce more cheaply and became more productive. Then the economics of farming turned against them. That is worth understanding in a country where food has become painfully expensive.