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Absolutely. There being overweight people does not mean there aren't still malnourished. Technology can help not only to increase overall food production, but
by morgante 10y ago
Absolutely.
There being overweight people does not mean there aren't still malnourished.
Technology can help not only to increase overall food production, but also to enable greater production in the localized areas where there is still insufficient supply.
- akamaka 10y agoI wasn't very clear in that I was referring to developing new technologies. Undeveloped parts of the world don't have access to even the most basic agricultural technology, like mechanization and efficient irrigation. Of course it would be good to spread technologies both old and new. Inventing new things, including GMOs, is fantastic for those who adopt them, but won't help if undeveloped areas that have difficulty adopting any new techniques.
- btilly 10y agoIt turns out to be a lot easier to convince farmers to use better seeds than to change everything else about how they work. We have a lot of experience with successfully getting poor farmers to try better varieties. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug for the man who made it work.