There are three major innovations nowadays: green revolution, GM food, and sustainable farming. The first two have been proved to be very controversial; however, the last one has more good than harm. (That can explain why we named it sustainable farming) Green revolution (HYV high yielding variety) Subsistence Rice Farming in the Ganges Valley, India: * The use of HYVs or high yielding seed varieties, such as IR8, more than trebled food production, giving higher average …showed first 75 words of 1074 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1074 total…sustainable than building huge dam) Small micro-hydro schemes generate electricity for grinding corn (less working time in farm so young people can study more) Sustainable farming designed according to each specific area's need and special geological condition. But how would they compete with market penetration or would they become wealthier one day? Or be able to cope with booming population in its specific area? http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/srb9902.htm#term20