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I think there are confused definitions for "sustainable." There's "sustains the land," which is food that can be grown this way indefinitely, which is what mos
by aqme28 6y ago
I think there are confused definitions for "sustainable."
There's "sustains the land," which is food that can be grown this way indefinitely, which is what most people mean when they say "sustainable agriculture." To be more specific, "meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs."
You're saying sustainable as in "can sustain the future diets of 10 billion people."
They don't map 1:1.
TBH I think you're right. "Sustainable agriculture" isn't scalable to 2050 populations.
- kingraoul3 6y agoCuba has already shown the World the way forward with their Green Revolution. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-good-life-in-havana-cubas-green-revolution-410930.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-good-l...
- kickout 6y agoIt absolutely does. Do not bet against agriculture innovation. We have a comfortable head start and plenty in the pipe. The problem isn't exactly a secret. Multiple decade research projects focus on this and only this problem. We'll be okay (and sustainable too boot).
- TN1ck 6y agoYou are right, I was focused on the sustainability to feed all the people with that method. From the comments here it seems I was a bit too pessimistic and that there are some working examples, pretty exciting! Probably have to get back to my friends, after I looked through the material.