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If there are food shortages coming down the pike, as many keep predicting[1], perhaps this isn't such a loss for India and the world. Traditional manufacturing
by dsq 3y ago
If there are food shortages coming down the pike, as many keep predicting[1], perhaps this isn't such a loss for India and the world. Traditional manufacturing is already dominated by China and additive manufacturing is still too expensive to be adopted on a mass scale.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_food_crises_(2022-present) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_food_crises_(2022-pres...
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> If there are food shortages coming down the pike, as many keep predicting[1], perhaps this isn't such a loss for India and the world Indian agriculture is inefficient, coming in for total-factor productivity alongside Malta and Azerbaijan [1]. That's fine, it runs its sector as a jobs programme. But it means this increase in agricultural labour is unlikely to materially increase production. [1] https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/international-agricultural-productivity/ https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/international-agricul...
- shuckles 3y agoIn that data, India's agricultural TFP is higher than the United States.