Challenges of Transferring Technology from Industrial to Developing Worlds

Question 1

Millennium Development Goal 1

Answer 1

Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty by halving the proportion of people whose income is less than $1/day

Question 2

What is a major issue in ag in developing countries

Answer 2

Weed control

Question 3

What did Klumper and Qaim find on the impact of GM crops

Answer 3

Chemical pesticide use decreased by 37%
Crop yields increased by 22%
Farmer profits increased by 68%

Question 4

How did GM crops help improve household nutrition and health

Answer 4

Reduce hand weeding time, decrease levels of mycotoxins, increase yields, give women more time to focus on garden

Question 5

Bt brinjal in Bangladesh

Answer 5

Can be sprayed up to 150 times a season
Provided free to farmers
Toxicity exposure and Bt brinjal pesticide use decreased by 76% and 38%

Question 6

Examples of disease resistance in developing countries

Answer 6

bananas viruses are reducing yield, but there are GM bananas that are resistant
rice is being improved on for resistance and nutrition

Question 7

Vandana Shiva

Answer 7

anti-ag activist that says we should switch to organics because it would reverse climate change, give us good food, and we would have peaceful societies

Question 8

Why is organics not sustainable

Answer 8

could only feed 4-4.5 billion
requires tillage for weed control, which raises GHG emissions

Question 9

What happened when food prices rose drastically

Answer 9

Civil strife, protests, numerous governments overthrown, thousands killed