SOC269 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9-10: Super Grid, Environmental Technology, Greenwashing
28 Jan 2018
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Feeding the world: proven that organic/argo-ecological farming is more sufficient than inorganic, organic farming in the south produces 80% more than convention agriculture, high inputs displace farm labor and vital knowledge and have high economic and environmental costs. Arco-ecology project: a science and a set of place-specific practices. As science, it applies to ecological study to design and manage sustainable argo-ecosystems requiring diversification of farms to promote biological interactions to regenerate soil fertility and maintain productivity and protect crops. Core principles: recycling nutrients and energy on the farm, enhancing soil organic matter and soil biological activity, diversifying plant species and genetic resources, optimizing interactions and productivity within total farming system and not. Thus (cid:498)feeding the world(cid:499) may not mean intensifying export agriculture: key technology to (cid:498)feed the world is gmo"s, world banks goal (cid:498) to capture the benefits of gmo"s for the poor(cid:499)
