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
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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"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
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
