"I love that you've brought this to attention. An extensive database of uncommon but resistant and hardy plants/foods could be developed and organized by climate. Ease of growth and processing should also be taken in to account. I will try to…"
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Can the crisis in 2020 be prevented?
My hope for 2020 is that there is no need for the Evoke network to help Japan. I'm hopeful that the work we do in 2010 (and later) will prevent the conditions that created the famine in the first place.
Food shortages typically don't happen overnight, and if they do, it's often symptomatic of unsustainable agriculture practices in the first place. My hope is that in the next ten years we, as social innovators, become more connected and proactive, and work together to tackle issues before they become crises.
That being said, emergencies will invariably always arise, and I will certainly be more than willing to help. If the food shortage in 2020 does become reality, my role will be to use the ideas I develop during my graduate studies to combine public health programming with other program modalities.
The obvious combination here is nutrition programming with agribusiness. I will help set up monitoring and evaluation practices that will:
Food shortages typically don't happen overnight, and if they do, it's often symptomatic of unsustainable agriculture practices in the first place. My hope is that in the next ten years we, as social innovators, become more connected and proactive, and work together to tackle issues before they become crises.
That being said, emergencies will invariably always arise, and I will certainly be more than willing to help. If the food shortage in 2020 does become reality, my role will be to use the ideas I develop during my graduate studies to combine public health programming with other program modalities.
The obvious combination here is nutrition programming with agribusiness. I will help set up monitoring and evaluation practices that will:
- Ensure people are receiving an equitable share of food resources. (This will include taking in to account people with special needs such as pregnant women and people living with HIV/AIDS),
- Ensure individual's dietary and nutritional needs are being met (as specified by age, sex, weight, and physical activity), and
- Provide feedback loops to farmers to ensure that the proper amounts of different food items are grown.
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Comment by Nick Heyming on March 10, 2010 at 6:50am
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I totally AGREE! My last post on the imagine topic was about how they already have the solution, but its just up to us to connect the dots. I think Japan is too resourceful to get into that situation, they faced worse crises in the past...
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Comment by Jenn on March 10, 2010 at 7:23am
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I like how you phrase it as connecting the dots. It makes it seem a lot more manageable!
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Comment by Rahul Dewanjee on March 18, 2010 at 6:20pm
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there's a sense of spark in you to make me believe that it is indeed going to be possible what you intend to do. +1 for SPARK
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