Monday, August 04, 2008

Agriculture Technologies to Reduce Poverty

This table shows why Africa and rural India are poor, and why hunger is rampant and the current high prices of grains on world markets are going to be so dangerous for Africa and India.

The National Academy of Sciences has just published a report titled Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It offers ideas for 60 technologies that could help improve the situation!

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