Why should it matter what commodity is the source of agricultural profits? Dairy development in India

Alderman, Harold. 1994. Why should it matter what commodity is the source of agricultural profits? Dairy development in India. Baltimore, MD: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157005

In 1896, an obscure out-of-office politician rose to prominence and the Democratic presidential nomination on the basis of a rousing speech condemning the gold standard. Working up to the conclusion of that oratory, William Jennings Bryan claimed: "the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country (Bryan 1967)."