Reply #5: The way forward...

[SpiralHawk]

from the National Geographic article:

"NG Last year a massive study called the “International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development” < http://www.agassessment.org/ > concluded that the immense production increases brought about by science and technology in the past 30 years have failed to improve food access for many of the world’s poor.

"The six-year study, initiated by the World Bank and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and involving some 400 agricultural experts from around the globe, called for a paradigm shift in agriculture toward more sustainable and ecologically friendly practices..."