Category: Technology (Food & Water)
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Why Are We Not Running Out of Farm Land?
One of the most persistent worries about population and economic growth is that we will eventually use up all our resources and land. It is based on the intuitive (but false) assumption that if it takes X acreage of land to feed a person today, then it will take two times X acreage to feed…
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Anti-GMO: The Lethal Implications
Anthropogenic-driven climate change is a fact. As the climate changes, the poorest of humanity will suffer the greatest. The most ardent climate activists tell us this is settled science. So settled that questioning these conclusions puts you in league with people who deny the Jewish Holocaust ever happened. It is science! Well, there is another…
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Why “Sustainable Development” is Not the Answer
New York Times: A Call to Look Past Sustainable Development – Eduardo Porter If billions of impoverished humans are not offered a shot at genuine development, the environment will not be saved. And that requires not just help in financing low-carbon energy sources, but also a lot of new energy, period. Offering a solar panel…
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Since 1990, billions more have access to clean water
Christian Science Monitor: Since 1990, billions more have access to clean water Over the past couple of decades, easier access to clean water has become a reality for a huge portion of the world’s population. According to a publication released by the World Health Organization, an arm of the United Nations that monitors the health…
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GM scaremongering in Africa is disarming the fight against poverty
The Guardian – Poverty Matters Blog – GM scaremongering in Africa is disarming the fight against poverty Transforming agriculture is central to sub-Saharan Africa's development prospects. Three-quarters of people in extreme poverty – existing on less than $1.25 a day – live in rural areas, and crop yields across the region are often a fraction…
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This Fake Meat (made of plants) Is So Good It Fooled Whole Foods Customers For 3 Days
Business Insider: This Fake Meat Is So Good It Fooled Whole Foods Customers For 3 Days "… And the Missouri-based company Beyond Meat thinks it has the solution to satisfy our cravings: food that looks and tastes just like meat — but is made of plants. It is such a good imitation, in fact, that…
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Indoor farm grows 10,000 heads of lettuce a DAY using lights that mimic day and night
Daily Mail: Now THAT'S a power plant! Indoor farm grows 10,000 heads of lettuce a DAY using lights that mimic day and night Humans have spent the last 10,000 years mastering agriculture, but it just takes a dry spell, or a flash flood to wipe out a year's worth of crops. Hoping to solve this…
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Economic Development Links
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in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, Central America, China, Demography, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Gender and Sex, Globalization, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, International Affairs, Links – Economic Development, Poverty, Technology (Food & Water), Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution1. Economist: March of the Middle Class 2. Chrsitianity Today: Poverty Is a Moral Problem – Interview with William Easterly … The sad thing is that the field and practice of development have too often been on the wrong side of this debate. They’ve implicitly painted themselves into a corner where they’re on the authoritarian…
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How focusing on profit can help the poor
Christian Science Monitor: How focusing on profit can help the poor Water technology company Xylem makes a profit on its foot-operated irrigation pumps for poor farmers. But those profits allow it to stay around to service its products and develop new ones. When leading water technology company Xylem started manufacturing simple pumps for smallholder farmers,…