Le 13 mai 2017 00:19:53 GMT+02:00, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> a écrit : >On 12/05/17 04:32, Aaron E-J wrote: >> >> In terms of solving world hunger – this is not a technological >problem >> but a socio-political one. We can produce many times the necessary >> nutrients to sustain life using century's old technology plus crop >> diversification. Not that innovation in agriculture is a bad thing, >but >> let's not lose sight of the fact that the reason millions of people >are >> starving is because of politics and lack of educational and financial >> resources. > >It has been pointed out elsewhere that if the world was a fair place, >natural food supplies would feed all of humanity. > >The fact is, the world is not a fair place right now (as Mr Comey found >out the hard way this week) and so we have to do the best we can. > >Caleb Harper's TED talk is titled "This computer will grow your food in >the future" but I think that is also a bit over the top. In reality, >Australia and California grow far more food than they need for domestic >consumption while countries like Saudi Arabia don't even have enough >water to grow crops, let alone livestock. Some countries will "need" >this technology more than others. > >If there is a silver bullet to solve poverty, injustice and world >hunger >it may well be in the form of education. Educating the poor so they >can >make better choices and educating the rich so they don't get suckered >by >people like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. Devices like the food >computer can educate people and give them a sense of empowerment. The >entry-level food computer is unlikely to put food on your plate more >than 3-4 times per month, but if it empowers people, it is not losing >sight of the big picture.
(my English is bad, so...) I think a good computer program on ~farming should include self-trading. Not as stock-exchange works, because traders buyes then trades a "debt", as nothing has been produced at time it is first buyed. So, self-trading would include * offerts, with a good description of goods * transport means offerts (departure dates, circuitry, dock offerts), with selectable collection points on both side, transitive (dock exchange / short track on both end points - based only on fair time*penibility to maximise transport means [way back should never be empty] ) * the shortest distance possible between consumer and producer * substitute products proposed on search * season products preference (who needs tomatoes during winter ? Having here a not so old cookbook manual for singles which explain first *when* to cook *what*) There are here (France) collection points nameds "amap". You pay monthly, you pick weekly a pre-filled basket, sometimes you would exchange some content with a neighbor (or ask first what it is because you have even not an idea how to cook it). Another way :-) -- Envoyé de mon appareil Android avec K-9 Mail. Veuillez excuser ma brièveté. _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss