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Author: alloporus

Pragmatologist who also runs an environmental consulting practice, blogs and sometimes writes books

Big data

June 1, 2017 alloporusLeave a comment

Disruption of the beneficial kind.

Posted in evidenceTagged big data, inference

Farmers don’t need to feed the world

May 8, 2017May 7, 2017 alloporusLeave a comment

Clearly not what it seems.

Posted in environment, profitTagged farming, yield

Successful investment in Australian agriculture

May 1, 2017April 29, 2017 alloporusLeave a comment

Shaking up the financing of agriculture is not just about intensification.

Posted in innovation, profitTagged agricultural investment, pareto, risk

Food security — provenance to price

March 17, 2017March 5, 2017 alloporusLeave a comment

Here is a real challenge to global food security

Posted in environmentTagged agriculture, food prices, onions

Food security — resilient agricultural systems

March 10, 2017March 5, 2017 alloporusLeave a comment

Trial and error works well so long as most things are predictable. But that is not always enough.

Posted in environmentTagged farming, farming systems, food security

Joe’s agricultural future — a story

January 13, 2017January 12, 2017 alloporusLeave a comment

A story about a farmer that could easily be true.

Posted in evidence, profitTagged farming, soil, soil carbon

Food security — shorter supply chains

December 9, 2016November 20, 2016 alloporusLeave a comment

Food often travels a long way and passes through many hands on its way from paddock to plate. This is a bigger risk than we realise.

Posted in environmentTagged food security, food supply chains, risk

Innovation inertia

December 2, 2016November 12, 2016 alloporusLeave a comment

A great idea to improve agricultural production has a lot to overcome.

Posted in innovationTagged agriculture, global food security, inertia, innovation

One billion hectares

November 25, 2016November 5, 2016 alloporusLeave a comment

Humans have appropriated a lot of land for agriculture. And we are not finished.

Posted in environmentTagged agriculture, food security, land clearing

Food security — economic thinking

November 18, 2016October 30, 2016 alloporusLeave a comment

Economics will determine if global food security is even possible. What type of economic thinking do we need?

Posted in profitTagged agricultural investment, economics, food security

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