Green Revolution

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Green Revolution
I feel that the topic of the green revolution was inspirational and an eye-opener about the approaches that the world should embrace to improve its opportunities of supplying sufficient food quantities for the already ballooning global population. The realization that the first green revolution inspired by renowned personalities like Norman Borlaug, as revealed in the videos and PowerPoints, requires rejuvenation through a second one made me concerned about the role that everyone plays in the current problem. Although I recognize that my inputs as an individual may not bear immediate impacts, the learnings from this lesson have increased my awareness about the value of collective contributions to this change. As a result, I am determined to be part of this process, even in modest ways, through awareness creation in my communities.
I believe that issues surrounding the second green revolution relate to high-tech improvements of the milestones achieved by the first one. The videos and the PowerPoints affirm this observation through their exploration of the rice miracle and other innovations by Monsanto and various companies. In this context, I think the global governments should become actively involved in this process rather than leaving multinational corporations like Monsanto with the absolute responsibility for initiating the process. Governments have limitless resources that they can redirect to this objective. I think that their involvement would fast-track the process because of the attention that would emerge. My suggestion is that sufficient resources would support the scientists in devising or formulating advanced approaches for achieving the projected goal. Another reason why I feel the governments must be part of this process is because of the challenges that make it difficult for farmers to implement green revolution initiatives – finances. Once these players intervene by providing the necessary infrastructure, it will be possible to realize the next revolution.
In conclusion, one aspect that emerges from the readings related to this topic is that information is fundamental for all stakeholders. The primary lesson that I gained is that while knowledge may exist among the leading research institutions, the priority should be disseminating it to the local levels and ensuring that the farmers can implement emerging strategies to improve the resilience and productivity of their crops.
GMOs
Although the topic of GMO foods has remained largely controversial and divisive in the public domain, I now feel that this debate should end. It was interesting to witness the discussions between the interviewer and different interviewees about this topic and their diversified opinions on the topic. I believe that the videos and PPTs for this discussion have clarified fundamental areas that remained vague about the discourse. One of the areas that piqued my interest and I agree with them is that the genetic engineering approaches employed by scientists are consistent with the cross-breeding people have been impl...