FNH 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Golden Rice, Precautionary Principle, Beta-Carotene
21 Jun 2015
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Objectives for class #10- june 17, 2015: describe the green revolution. Advantages: dramatic increases in yields of staple grains, reduce/eliminate need for food imports in some countries, reduction in poverty/hunger in countries most affected by green revolution. Disadvantages: dependent on fertilizers/irrigation/pesticides/ mechanical plowing, environmental effects, expensive (some poor farmers cannot afford pesticides etc. ), loss of crop diversity/depletion of soil fertility, increasing disparity between rich landowners and tenant farmers: evaluate the application of green evaluation strategies to increasing food production in africa, at community and national levels. Refer particularly to the millennium villages project in. In africa, yields per hectare of cultivated land are lower than elsewhere. Millions of subsistence farmers lack savings/credit to purchase better seeds, fertilizers, water technology, and lack of infrastructure. However on a national level, people requiring food aid has decreased and they have surpluses of crops such as maize.
