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I scribbled a graph on a whiteboard. I tried to calculate supply and demand curves expressed over a seasonal timespan. It would not have gotten me very far at Wharton, but Prof. Assad (name changed to protect his identity- or because I don't really know how to spell it) got the point and added the price spikes of tomatoes in the province. We've identified the crux of the problem that the Ministry of Agriculture has to solve- that when all the tomato farmers bring their produce to market at the same time, the price drops to a point where it isn't profitable to sell any tomatoes. Pretty basic stuff. The answer has always been (and remains to be in lots of places) price supports and subsidies from Baghdad. So we're exploring other options. It comes down to either expanding the supply over time by building a canning factory, or fulfilling demand over space by transporting the tomatoes into other markets. Also pretty basic. Our tea cooled off enough to sip. And we sat, thinking for a moment; stirring. Then the Professor sighed. "But this... is not so easy here."