No, My child, Making petrol out of it will cause it.
Without trying to be a smartass, could you explain how that is so?
See post #6
Are you sure? Have you considered what makes the crops they grow so worthless? It is, in general, food donations by the west, the US in particular as well as global abundance of food stuffs. Scarcity will drive the price up and their crops will have some value. They won't be so poor thereafter.