Hi guys!


I chose a expert in agronomy, that is considered the father of the green revolution: Norman Borlaug.

Norman Borlaug was an american agronomist. He studied at the University of Minnesota and his specialization area was plant pathology. In 1964, with 50 years old he was made director of the International Wheat Improvement Program, that was part of CIMMYT (International Center of Research and Improvement of Wheat and Maize, I want to work in this place sometime of my life).

He won Peace Nobel laureate for his role in the development of hybrid seeds, which had features that increased yield of wheat, like semi-dwarf plants or resistant to diseases. Borlaug led the introduction of these varities combined, with new techniques of crop and modern technology. Between 60' and 70' wheat yields nearly doubled in some places of the world, and permitted save a billion people worldwide from starvation. 

I like Noman Borlaug because my dream since I entered to study agronomy, is to know the most techniques effective to produce crops, because crops are food and I can't believe that in this times with all the advances, still many people die for hunger. Is so sad to me, and a phrase of Norman Borlaug is very representative of my thought: "food is the moral right of all who are born into this world". 

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Hi guys!!

Well...Permaculture...Never in my life I had listened this word jajaja But in several courses, teachers talked about sustainable agriculture and I think that in the future, this is the way to the crop's production.

The video appeared me interesting, especially when Geoff Lawton talk about the nodule's fixing in the root. This process is carried for legumes and permit to increase the fertility of soil, somethig very important because the excessive use of fertilizer in the crops, is a threat for the balance of environmet. In fact, my thesis is about bean and also makes symbiosis with the bacteria Rizhobium. 

I think that to take this system in Chile is so difficult, because according to my knowledge about farmers, they are very stubborn and maintain their techniques in the fields, mainly because those practices are of their family. Nevertheless, many agronomist are working with farmers, in similar activities to Permaculture, ever with the objective of to change bad managements.

This is my opinion, I will read your comments!