Food and Fumes
January 28, 2010
In a recent post entitled Sewage and Cleantech, I indicated that I would be writing about the challenges of dealing with animal waste in a future post. This is that post. Voltaire
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China May Help Promote Industrialization in Africa
January 15, 2010
Some economic theorists have posited that the modern global economy roughly advances in sinusoidal waves that correspond with the advance, peak, and eventual decline in importance of various technologies. They propose the
Feeding the World: The Macro and the Micro
January 12, 2010
Among the challenges faced during the past decade, one that will surely continue to plague the world is how to feed the global population. Despite all of the world’s advancements — including
The New York Times’ Year in Ideas
December 24, 2009
For all of the usual reasons, this is my favorite time of the year. One naturally begins thinking more about family, blessings, and giving to others. But I also like this time
An Update on Buying the Farm
December 9, 2009
In a post entitled Buying the Farm, I discussed how countries blessed with money but little arable land are trying to improve their food security by buying farmland in poorer countries with
Eating and the Environment
November 4, 2009
I thought that a good way to end the current series of posts about food security was to provide readers with some information about how their own eating habits could help in
The Gherkin and the Olive Tree
November 3, 2009
This the fifth post in a series about food security. In the previous posts, I’ve noted that both international agricultural trade and local agricultural sectors will be necessary to feed the world
Feeding the World While Watching the Environment
November 2, 2009
This is the fourth blog in a series of posts about agriculture and food security. In the first post of the series, I touched on the notion that mankind’s effort to feed
Agriculture Production and Prices
October 30, 2009
This is the third post in a series dealing with agriculture and food security. In the first and second posts of the series, entitled Agriculture Old and New and Agriculture: The Bumpy
Agriculture: The Bumpy Road Ahead
October 29, 2009
This is the second in a series of posts about agriculture and food security. In posts written earlier this month about East Africa, I discussed the devastating drought and resulting famine that
