Comments on: Nibbles: Wolf, Conservation agriculture, ODI, Food policy, Stress, Sustainability http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/02/nibbles-wolf-conservation-agriculture-odi/ Crops, animals, wild relatives ... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:34:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deliri al volo « L’orto di carta http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/02/nibbles-wolf-conservation-agriculture-odi/comment-page-1/#comment-767786 Deliri al volo « L’orto di carta Wed, 27 May 2009 21:25:29 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/?p=4573#comment-767786 [...] a 56K, sono finalmente riuscito a vedere la conferenza di Louise Fresco ai TEDtalks (via Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog). La presentazione e geniale e lei è molto brava anche se non condivido un granchè la tesi di [...] [...] a 56K, sono finalmente riuscito a vedere la conferenza di Louise Fresco ai TEDtalks (via Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog). La presentazione e geniale e lei è molto brava anche se non condivido un granchè la tesi di [...]

]]> By: Julian http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/02/nibbles-wolf-conservation-agriculture-odi/comment-page-1/#comment-697441 Julian Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:33:06 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/?p=4573#comment-697441 I was on that conference last week (the <a href="http://www.icar.org.in/wccagri/index.html" rel="nofollow">conservation agriculture</a> one). Surprisingly, all people there are completely that climate change is completely bad (and that there are no chances of survival for our agricultural systems while we don't switch to conservation agriculture). They always point the bad side of each issue (i.e. they say: <i>more rainfall means flooding and less rainfall means more water consumption</i>) and put that as an universal truth, which is not very scientific I guess, but you judge. They also have these global-averages indicating that population is growing up to a number we won't be able to feed in 2050, that water resources are to decline worldwide, that yields are completely falling down, and that soil is about to lose its most important fertility properties. But I wasn't able to find any specific case where all those things could happen at the same time. However, at the end of each presentation you find the phrase "more resources for R & D", which from my side looks a bit suspicious. Say, I'm not sure about what could happen up to 2050, but we have these GC models saying that impacts vary according to different areas. And I wonder if one could try to change all agricultural systems in the world (one by one) using such global averages and coarse statistics. And a very quick question: "how would one expand/intensify a conservation agriculture system, if it is supposed to be used in smallholdings, which owners dont have either the land or the financial support to expand/intensify their systems?" I was on that conference last week (the conservation agriculture one). Surprisingly, all people there are completely that climate change is completely bad (and that there are no chances of survival for our agricultural systems while we don’t switch to conservation agriculture). They always point the bad side of each issue (i.e. they say: more rainfall means flooding and less rainfall means more water consumption) and put that as an universal truth, which is not very scientific I guess, but you judge.

They also have these global-averages indicating that population is growing up to a number we won’t be able to feed in 2050, that water resources are to decline worldwide, that yields are completely falling down, and that soil is about to lose its most important fertility properties. But I wasn’t able to find any specific case where all those things could happen at the same time. However, at the end of each presentation you find the phrase “more resources for R & D”, which from my side looks a bit suspicious.

Say, I’m not sure about what could happen up to 2050, but we have these GC models saying that impacts vary according to different areas. And I wonder if one could try to change all agricultural systems in the world (one by one) using such global averages and coarse statistics.

And a very quick question: “how would one expand/intensify a conservation agriculture system, if it is supposed to be used in smallholdings, which owners dont have either the land or the financial support to expand/intensify their systems?”

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