August 29, 2008 World Food Crisis (Part V: Addendum on Vegetarianism for All) By Thomas DeGregori Over the past four days, I have described the world food crisis -- and both obstacles to and hopes for coping with it through existing institutions -- and I mentioned that misplaced romanticism often affects these important decisions.
One belief popularized by vegetarians (and those opposed to modern agronomy) is that the world could better feed everyone on less land under cultivation if we all gave up eating meat...
August 28, 2008 World Food Crisis (Part IV: African Partnerships) By Thomas R. DeGregori As I suggested in my previous three blog entries this week, as the need for global agricultural expansion continues, Africa is going to be the obvious place where others will seek for food security or that donors will see the obvious potential for food production expansion...
August 27, 2008 World Food Crisis (Part III: New Technologies Tailored to Location) By Thomas R. DeGregori Over the past two days, I reviewed reasons for optimism and pessimism about food production. Today, let's take a closer look at how promising technological solutions to the current crisis must be tailored to the geographic regions that might benefit...
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