Quote Originally Posted by fred View Post

The country should be the food basket of Asia for crying out loud..But its not.
I put it down to damn right laziness.
No sympathy Im afraid.
It used to be the "rice basket of Asia".
I gave the "textbook" explanation for food poverty. Don't have the figures, but I guess food and non-alcoholic drinks cost a relatively higher proportion of their available income than the 11% or so that we spend here. But you're living there Fred, and from what you say "involuntary" is maybe not the right adjective for their food poverty.