---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:21:50 -0500 (EST) From: Claudio Schuftan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AFRO-NETS> Food for slaves Food for slaves --------------- >From the latest New and Noteworthy in Nutrition of Alan Berg at the WB: "When pressed to justify nutrition projects on economic grounds: If we had a slave market, the economic rationale for nutrition projects would be self-evident. Human beings would have a market price that would in- crease if they were better nourished (catching better prices); nutri- tion projects would be at the top of the list - and much easier to jus- tify than convoluted arguments based on productivity and ethics". [S. Venkitaramanan] Claudio Schuftan Hanoi, Vietnam mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Send mail for the `AFRO-NETS' conference to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Mail administrative requests to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
