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The world is overpopulated? News to me. The way I see it, it's under-producing food, largely because of irrational resistance to modern techniques.
by JulianMorrison 18y ago
The world is overpopulated? News to me. The way I see it, it's under-producing food, largely because of irrational resistance to modern techniques.
- boris 18y agoYes, we need more "techniques" such as those that lead to an infection of spinach with some bacteria that is later traced to a gut of a wild boar used as a fertilizer.
- nkurz 18y agoI don't think you are remembering that case correctly. The animals are not being used as fertilizer. Instead, they are breaking through fences and contaminating the fields through defecation: http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSectionID=801&ArticleID=28303&TM=5221.272 http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSe...
- Femur 18y ago>The way I see it, it's under-producing food, largely because of irrational resistance to modern techniques. While I do agree that the planet can sustain a much higher population, modern farming practices are causing problems and not necessarily sustainable in the long term. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_farming#Disadvantages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_farming#Disadvantages) Properly thought out food production that utilizes under-used resources (vast swaths in Russia for instance!) is the key.
- JulianMorrison 18y agoGM is a modern farming practice that is horrendously underused, and GM can wipe out most of the disadvantages of intensive farming - GM crops can fix their own nitrogen and repel pests without pesticide. They can also be designed to grow well in 3rd world climates and contain extra nutrients.