In Praise of the Humble Potato
July 9, 2010
An old Irish proverb says, “It is easy to halve the potato where there is love.” The unstated assumption in that adage is that it applies to situations when food is scarce
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Food Security Crises in Africa and Mongolia
June 18, 2010
You may have never heard of the cassava plant, which is also called a yuca or manioc plant, but it one of the world’s most important sources of carbohydrates. According to Wikipedia,
Integrating Your Business Isn’t Easy: Ask Cargill
June 15, 2010
In several past posts, I’ve predicted that the multinational companies that will do the best in the future are those that transform themselves into what IBM’s Sam Palmisano calls “globally integrated enterprises.”
Genetically-Modified Crops Gain New Importance (But Be Careful)
May 19, 2010
Farmers in India have been looking skyward for signs of the rains that normally come during the annual monsoon season. Those rains did not come last year and caused widespread drought on
New Push for Global Food Security
May 10, 2010
The old saying that “nothing is certain but death and taxes” is as accurate today as it was when Benjamin Franklin first wrote it in a letter to Jean Baptiste Leroy, a
"Sustainomics": Agriculture and the Supply Chain
April 20, 2010
Suppliers, distributors, retailers, and consumers are finding that the world is becoming ever more complex and interconnected. You hear a lot of terms bantered about such as lean supply chains, efficient supply
Food Security: Globalization versus Self-Sufficiency
February 22, 2010
Politicians continually bring up the subjects of energy and food security; but they mostly discuss them in economic terms. They stir populist fervor by saying that they will promote policies that foster
Precision Agriculture
February 16, 2010
Benjamin Franklin, one of America’s founding fathers, once quipped, “There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in
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
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
