Wheat flour cheaper than the alternatives

THE EDITOR: With the recent increase in the price of NFM flour, one economist is recommending that consumers start buying alternatives like cassava flour and that the Government invests more in agriculture.

But even with the 28 per cent rise, wheat flour is still much cheaper than any other flour alternatives.

Also, I am not aware of any country where government involvement made agriculture more efficient or productive.

On the contrary, food shortages and even famines have historically been the more common outcome of government interference in the (literal) market.

ELTON SINGH

Couva