population

Is population control overrated?

Five years after, I have come back full-circle to my first blog post.

GM foods: What’s all the fuss about?

Where there is food, there is population. Thanks to Norman Borlaug, an American agronomist, US is the largest wheat exporter in the world. Also thanks to M.S. Swaminathan, one of India’s top most exported commodities is cotton. Both these men are accredited as ‘Father of Green Revolution’ and ‘Father of Green Revolution in India’ respectively. Countries now exportContinue reading “GM foods: What’s all the fuss about?”

Shall we start with ourselves? Our population.

Hans Rosling, the data magician predicts that the world’s population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years — and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology (you’ll see).Continue reading “Shall we start with ourselves? Our population.”