tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377497904882186501.post7986248049530188678..comments2024-03-22T11:58:02.835-07:00Comments on Garden Earth - Beyond sustainability: Millennium Villages: the Great ExperimentGunnar Rundgrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11869055229248959119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377497904882186501.post-77997472338848012712013-08-03T07:23:49.753-07:002013-08-03T07:23:49.753-07:00I would wager that Millennium Village's preocc...I would wager that Millennium Village's preoccupation with germplasm and fertilizer (like the rest of the standard intl ag development/CG centre's preoccupation)to the neglect of sustainable small scale ag mechanization and agronomy, has led to this situation. The article alludes to lack of manual labor (brother gone) on the production side that the broken processing machinery doesn't address. And why is it that when germplasm based projects do think of machinery they always think of processing machinery? And the broken processing machines indicates again germplasm folks "doing mechanization".SE Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16244795825504876289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377497904882186501.post-51780584429329537982013-08-03T07:16:29.417-07:002013-08-03T07:16:29.417-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.SE Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16244795825504876289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377497904882186501.post-9746935481060425362013-08-02T23:57:48.312-07:002013-08-02T23:57:48.312-07:00"the one's who understand economics will ..."the one's who understand economics will not farm." That was a great comment. I am sure I will use it (if you send me your name at gunnar (at) grolink.se, I will know whom to credit....Gunnar Rundgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11869055229248959119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377497904882186501.post-29639133522841176682013-07-29T09:50:06.631-07:002013-07-29T09:50:06.631-07:00For people with NO income any, but realy any input...For people with NO income any, but realy any input is taking food out of their families mouths. Being used to open seed and now having to buy seed are unthinkable. Loans are the worst way of helping them. The culture for ages were "the land will provide" and to change that is difficult. As the education level increase, so do the reluctance to farm which mean the one's who understand economics will not farm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com