Subsidies for one crop alone, cotton, that went to 25,000 mostly very well off US farmers, exceeded in value the cotton that was produced, lowering the global price of cotton enormously. American farmers...gained at the expense of the 10 million African farmers who depended on cotton for their meagre livings. Several African countries lost between 1-2% of their entire income, an amount greater than what these countries received in foreign aid from the United States. Mali, for instance, received $37 million in aid but lost $43 million from depressed prices.