What equip could be brought to 3rd world 2 help small farmers there? new tech? old ones they still cant get?
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agchat:
Q8 What equip could be brought to 3rd world 2 help small farmers there? new tech? old ones they still cant get. via @CropLifeFdn #agchat
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agchick:
Q8 Situations are so different around the world. Ofttimes nat'l policy in-country limits tech. Some need seed, others water, $ #agchat
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kmktweet:
Q8 infrastructure to get product to market- some places just need roads #agchat
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lenejohansen:
Q8 Downscaled irrigation, GMO's, and pedal pumps have successfully been applied in subsistance farming #agchat
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TheFarmerBabe:
Q8---I'd say low tech...are there organizations that work overseas that accept donations of used equip? #agchat
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FarmForecast:
Q8: small scale tractors. They are using tractors that are 30 years old. Also BT seeds #agchat
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agchick:
Q8 What is end game? Majority farm for self-sufficiency. Do we want them to make $ farming? Diff ballgame. #agchat
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lenejohansen:
Q8 Also cell phone technology so the farmers have info on marketprices when the buyers come to isolated villages. #agchat
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CropLifeFdn:
Q8 I always see problems getting #ag chem and fertilizer in right sizes for small farmer, often in large farm packages, inefficient #agchat
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PoppyDavis:
#agchat Q8 & Q7 Actually, many small & diversified, low-input US farmers must look abroad for appropriate equipment, also (1/2)
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FarmForecast:
Q8: Many of these countries have very poor soil, so funding for fertilizer is needed too. #agchat
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girlmeetsfarm:
Q8 I agree with irrigation technology. For many, water is not an available resource. #agchat
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CropLifeFdn:
Q8 @agchick step 1 must be self-sufficiency, eliminating hunger, step 2 is increasing income and reducing poverty #agchat
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FarmForecast:
Q8: Many of these areas farm to be self-sustaining. They need programs to teach them to specialize in 1 sector. Also teaching overal #agchat
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markvanbaale:
Q8 Is Deere, Case, Massey Ferguson producing small scale tractors that 3rd world countries can use? #agchat
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yourlocalfoods:
Q8, think tech sometimes needs background infrastructure (we take for granted) to be viable. Repairs, parts, etc. #agchat
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agchick:
Q8 Visited Hua Xi Dairy in Beijing. They needed 5,000 corn farmers to have enough silage. #agchat
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yourlocalfoods:
Q8 tech supports giant land leases to developed world companies (happening), no $ in poor farmer supports so left to humanitarians #agchat
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3springsfruit:
Q8 - Probably, due to lack of resources/alternatives, cultural control of pests/pathogens would be valuable, but that's not #tech #agchat
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agchick:
Q8 Many farmers/leaders around world have asked me about our Extension service. Our system is the envy of many. #agchat
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ksfarmboy:
Part of why the Ukraine isn't an ag power. RT @kmktweet: Q8 infrastructure to get product to market- some places just need roads #agchat
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CropLifeFdn:
Q8 Found in work we've done in developing world, eliminate the most basic and simple yield reducing probs 1st ex. weeds and pests #agchat
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aafromaa:
RT @agchick: Q8 Many farmers/leaders around world have asked me about our Extension service. Our system is the envy of many. #agchat
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agchick:
Q8 Access to H2O biggest farm hurdle in China now. Genetics to surpass yield wall next. They're "tapped" out on both fronts. #agchat
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JPlovesCOTTON:
Q8 been able to see farms in Turkey, Malaysia, Italy, etc, all countries have use for diff technologies #agchat
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PoppyDavis:
#agchat Q8 Q7 Ex-PeaceCorps people teach many USfarmers best practices 4 small/low-input-farming.Not all technical info is high-tech inputs.
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CropLifeFdn:
Q8 @agchick yep, also been told that, extension service could significantly change many areas just thru better farming ed. #agchat
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kansfarmer:
@rcwant2be Q8 - seems like many cases Extension is not living up to it's potential - there r some gr8 extension folks around though #agchat
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PoppyDavis:
I answered #agchat Q9 as Q8 and Q7 - I tend to skip ahead like that - got in trouble for it in grade school, did not learn. oh well.
CropLifeFdn: RT @agchat: Q8 What equip could be brought to 3rd world 2 help small farmers there? new tech? old tech? via @CropLifeFdn #agchat
Zweberfarms: Q8: soil management tools #agchat
billiegirltoo: RT @agchat: Q8 What equip could be brought to 3rd world 2 help small farmers there? new tech? old ones they still cant get. via @CropLifeFdn #agchat
benlacross: Q8 Irrigation technology would improve 3rd world ag immensly. #agchat
lenejohansen: Q8 Downscaled irrigation, GMO's, and pedal pumps have successfully been applied in subsistance farming #agchat
TheFarmerBabe: Q8---I'd say low tech...are there organizations that work overseas that accept donations of used equip? #agchat
FarmForecast: Q8: small scale tractors. They are using tractors that are 30 years old. Also BT seeds #agchat
cornfedfarmer: Q8 seed technology that is adaptable to their region of the world #agchat
PoppyDavis: #agchat Q8 & Q7 Actually, many small & diversified, low-input US farmers must look abroad for appropriate equipment, also (1/2)
girlmeetsfarm: Q8 I agree with irrigation technology. For many, water is not an available resource. #agchat
markvanbaale: Q8 Is Deere, Case, Massey Ferguson producing small scale tractors that 3rd world countries can use? #agchat
yourlocalfoods: Q8, think tech sometimes needs background infrastructure (we take for granted) to be viable. Repairs, parts, etc. #agchat
kansfarmer: Very true! RT @yourlocalfoods: Q8, tech needs background infrastructure (we take for granted) to be viable. Repairs parts, etc #agchat
3springsfruit: Q8 - Probably, due to lack of resources/alternatives, cultural control of pests/pathogens would be valuable, but that's not #tech #agchat
JPlovesCOTTON: Q8 been able to see farms in Turkey, Malaysia, Italy, etc, all countries have use for diff technologies #agchat
TruffleMedia: #agchat Q8 tech needs ppl with it to help transition, support, etc. Tech all by it self in 3rd WC does not work see ex. http://bit.ly/bMVs28 (expand)
hogs_r_us: RT @cornfedfarmer: Q8 seed technology that is adaptable to their region of the world #agchat
cownutritionist: Q8 @agchick: so true. In China there's no consistency in the forage and grain supplies to farms. #agchat
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