[permaculture] Out of Poverty: Design for the Other 90% ?
Dieter Brand
diebrand at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 17 05:12:04 EST 2008
No Jim, I don't know this book. It just struck me that the following
passage could also have come from a corporate PR leaflet:
>For small-farm enterprises, the path to new wealth
>lies in growing market-centered, high-value, labor-intensive
>cash crops. To accomplish this, poor farmers need access to
>affordable irrigation, a new generation of farming methods and
>inputs customized to fit tiny farms, the creation of vibrant new
>markets that bring them the seeds and fertilizers they need, and
>open access to markets where small acreage farmers can sell
>their products at a profit.
Whatever happened to the idea of using your own seeds and not
relying on external inputs such as fertilizers?
I don't know if what follows is just jargon or if it actually has a
meaning. Again, sounds a bit like straight from a marketing
campaign sheet.
>This range of new products and
>services for poor customers can only be created by a revolution
>in current design practice, based on the ruthless pursuit of
>affordability.
Good idea about snipping quoted text, it's a lot easier on the eyes
that way.
Dieter Brand
Portugal
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