Band-Aid Rice Price

A thin film of promise stretched across the gaping wound of hunger. A peso shaved, a temporary reprieve, a headline shouting victory while the roots remain tangled. The farmer still sweats under a sun that scorches profit, the middleman still pockets a lion's share, the land still whispers of forgotten support. This small cut, neatly bandaged for the cameras, does it staunch the deeper bleeding? Will it nourish the soil of long-term solutions? Or just mask the symptoms until the next harvest of discontent? The people watch, eyes narrowed, weighing the weight of a single peso against the hollow ache in their bellies. A band-aid, yes. But beneath it, the infection of systemic neglect continues to fester. ©bfa042525