5. ‘In today’s world there are more reasons than ever to be an environmental optimist.’ Critically discuss. In a modern‚ globalised society economists are becoming ever more optimistic about future environmental conditions and having the knowledge and resources available to overcome any issues‚ however‚ geographers are much more pessimistic and believe the world is in considerable danger of resource depletion. In this essay I will discuss how the optimists believe we will have the technological
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The idea of feeding a population of 9 billion by the year 2050 is daunting. Consider the United Nations’ estimate that 1 billion people in the world today are hungry. The average number of malnourished people worldwide between 1990and 2006 is 850 million with the high point of 1.023 billion hungry people‚ reached in the 2008 crises. Before we can determine if we can feed 9 billion people in 2050‚ is it not a better question to ask: “Have we met the needs of our current population?” Increases in population
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outgrown food production in many parts of the world‚ posing a great threat to the human race. To solve the issue of world famine‚ humans beings has been redesigning life ever since the domestication of the first plants. One notable example was the Green Revolution; during the last century scientists genetically modified wheat varieties to increase crop yield in countries suffering from famine‚ such as India‚ Pakistan‚ Philippines and more. Although this movement saved nearly a millions of lives‚ many people
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HindustanTimes-Print Page 1 of 2 KK Birla May 09‚ 2007 First Published: 00:44 IST(9/5/2007) Last Updated: 03:48 IST(9/5/2007) India 2020 The Indian economy is on the path of rapid progress. In July 1991 the country’s economy was so shattered that India was on the brink of bankruptcy. The Congress won in the general elections of June 1991 and Narasimha Rao became Prime Minister. He took a wise step and made Manmohan Singh the Finance Minister who‚ in turn‚ opened up the economy to the private
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inevitable role in our daily life‚ thus Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) affects millions of people‚ causing serious health problems. Therefore‚ scientists are searching for the most effective method to let people obtain enough Vitamin A as possible. As a consequence‚ the scientific program of cultivating Golden Rice has attracted people’s attention. “Golden Rice is a new type of rice that contains beta-carotene‚ a source of Vitamin A ” (Golden rice‚ para.1). This new technology has aroused many controversial
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SOCIOLOGY OF THE THIRD WORLD: EXAM TWO STUDY GUIDE What is the role of the nation state? * Ownership of private property‚ means of production‚ provides support for disciplining the work force‚ provides and maintains the economic infrastructure‚ regulates conflict‚ and promotes consumption. Why did the nation state develop? * Complex food production‚ population increases‚ technology and surplus of goods‚ and external conflict. According to R.J. Rummel’s book series‚ how many men‚ women
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agriculture in India and taking it to the next level. Let us see the sequence of events of what has happened in the past. As we all know agriculture is the main livelihood for majority of India’s population. India has benefitted greatly from the Green revolution and the food production has increased drastically. Agriculture has got a substantial share in India’s GDP till late 1980’s. But after the liberalization‚ we started concentrating more on the services sector and the share of agriculture in India’s
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accomplishments also. Some call her God’s gift to humanity. She dedicated a major part of her life to serve the poor and destitute. Norman Borlaug produced cereal grains‚ he is an American agricultural scientist and father of what has become known as the Green Revolution. Reading about these figures and their achievements are only a few reasons why our population shouldn’t be so closed off. As Pinker says “we may all be vulnerable to moral illusions the ethical equivalent of the bending lines that trick the
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making food consumption less of a health risk. Close observation of population growth estimates a surprising 2.3 billion additional individuals are to walk on Earth by 2050. Sharing a similar view to Thomas Malthus‚ Dr. Borlaug “the father of the Green Revolution‚” stated that “The rate of population increase [would] exceed the rate of increase in food production.” According to Monsanto‚ the modification of their seeds is in the process of eradicating the threat of a lack of food surplus in the years
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Meisha Ross 11/26/12 Bio 114 Intro to Marine/Environmental Science Section 2 Chapter 9: Food and Hunger 9.1 World Food and Nutrition People have predicted that because of the growing population‚ a rise in famines will occur but on the contrary‚ world food supplies have kept up with the growing population. Within the past two centuries‚ the growing population has slowed down to an average of 1.7 percent per year. In contrast‚ the world’s food production has increased an average of 2.2
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