When the USA gives huge ammounts of food aid to developing countries, local farmers do not innovate and compete in a normal way they cannot, artificial prices, lack of incentives etc. This is a massive bargaining chip, (one of many the US possesses) poor nations are kept in a perpertual state of dependence on US grain. Countries like India have some of the lowest agricultural productivities, and need to feel the need to innovate and improve THEMSELVES. They produce tones of opium for use as morphine in the US (so the US doesn't have to grant licences for drug production on their soil) In return the US exports grain to India. I see some connections here> opium...cheap grain imports....low agricultural productivity, ohh its a dirty world for sure.