“No Soil. No Growing Seasons. Just Add Water and Technology:” The Recent Evolution & Tragic Trajectory of the World Food System
“No Soil. No Growing Seasons. Just Add Water and Technology:” The Recent Evolution & Tragic Trajectory of the World Food System
Food systems are evolving in two opposite directions: high-tech/petro-intensive vs soil-restorative/sustainable. Only the latter can endure.
(EV&N # 398) This is video was created on 16 July 2021 and is scheduled for broadcast on CCTV Channel 9 on Sunday, 18 July 2021 at 4:30pm.
This program is part of an ongoing series -- "EcoViews & News" (EV&N # 398) -- past editions of which can be accessed by clicking here. Further background information is available at “No Soil. No Growing Seasons. Just Add Water and Technology:” The Recent Evolution & Tragic Trajectory of the World Food System.
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See related source material:
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The mistake of petro-intensive agriculture - the UNA “Global Engagement Summit” – 22 February 2019
Soils, Agriculture, Carbon Sequestration and Human Survival
The “Green Revolution:” Its Essence, Achievements & Aftermath
The Water Rodney Lecture - T. C. Weiskel
"Overview Effect" & Transition Studies: Working for Sustainable Human Survival in a Finite Ecosystem
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Launch of the 2021 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report (SOFI 2021)
Video summary of the SOFI 2021 Report:
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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‘People aren’t starving, they are being starved’: Humanitarian agencies is sue joint call for funds to avert famine | World Food Programme
