RIP Norman Borlaug, the man who saved the Third World

[maxiep]

http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/14/no...tion-opinions-contributors-ronald-bailey.html

Without dwarf wheat, much of humanity would have starved and the rest would have been plunged into a food war.

 

[BlazerWookee]

http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/14/no...tion-opinions-contributors-ronald-bailey.html

Without masonjar wheat, much of humanity would have starved and the rest would have been plunged into a food war.

Fixed.

 

[maxiep]

Fixed.

Okay, you're paying for my drycleaning. That was genius. I miss him posting on O-Live and the rest of the board making short joke after short joke.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Okay, you're paying for my drycleaning. That was genius. I miss him posting on O-Live and the rest of the board making short joke after short joke.

Put in on my tab, thank you, and I do too. For such a small target, he sure was easy to hit...

 

[deception]

to be fair- the green revolution has expedited a level of anomie (disintegration) in third world societies. i was having a conversation a few years ago with this retired professor who was very cynical about the benedictions of the "green revolution"- he believes the green revolution eviscerated a "way of life" too quickly. his argument wasnt convincing but i do remember him saying it destroyed subsistence farming with surplus farming and in the process destroyed the traditional way of life. he also went on to repudiate the west for its subsidies and tariffs to protect its own at the expense of the south. also, he viewed western food aid as an unintentional bludgeoning of domestic agriculture in these traditional societies.

 

[deception]

worlds hungry reaches 1 billion!!!

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=21748426

The number of hungry people has passed a record one billion this year at the same time that food aid is at a 20-year low, the United Nations World Food Programme said Wednesday in London.

The number of undernourished people in the world has grown largely due to higher food prices, according to the agency.

The organization is facing a serious shortfall so far, having confirmed only $2.6 billion in funding for its 2009 budget of $6.7 billion, it said in a statement.

"This comes at a time of great vulnerability for the hungry," the agency said.

"Millions have been buffeted by the global financial downturn, their ability to buy food is limited by stubbornly high prices. In addition, unpredictable weather patterns are causing more weather-related hunger."

About 65 per cent of the world's hungry live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia, according to the agency.

 

[maxiep]

to be fair- the green revolution has expedited a level of anomie (disintegration) in third world societies. i was having a conversation a few years ago with this retired professor who was very cynical about the benedictions of the "green revolution"- he believes the green revolution eviscerated a "way of life" too quickly. his argument wasnt convincing but i do remember him saying it destroyed subsistence farming with surplus farming and in the process destroyed the traditional way of life. he also went on to repudiate the west for its subsidies and tariffs to protect its own at the expense of the south. also, he viewed western food aid as an unintentional bludgeoning of domestic agriculture in these traditional societies.

Nothing against your professor, but I'm pretty sure all those people would give up their "traditional way of life" to not starve.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

worlds hungry reaches 1 billion!!!

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=21748426

I'm hungry, too. When's dinner?

 

[maxiep]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203917304574411382676924044.html

 

[deception]

Nothing against your professor, but I'm pretty sure all those people would give up their "traditional way of life" to not starve.

he wasnt a prof of mine, he was a retired prof who was speaking at a religious event that i kinda stumbled across. he made those comments in his speech so i approached him after the event to follow up. the green revolution has without doubt increased crop yields and i dont think anyone can be against that. now if we can only curb global warming- we might be able to avert the increased regularity of droughts thats putting millions of farmers in the south out of work.