tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post7718412737667865721..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: A cautionary tale for wheat domesticationDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-16255063364002027792010-04-30T05:46:04.278+03:002010-04-30T05:46:04.278+03:00Thank you Mrs. Watanabe for your comments about No...Thank you Mrs. Watanabe for your comments about Norin 10 wheat.Marniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850856778953207810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-57282155197102314052010-04-30T04:03:29.290+03:002010-04-30T04:03:29.290+03:00Chemical fertilizers are expensive and damage the ...Chemical fertilizers are expensive and damage the soils in the long run. They also require of an industrialized agriculture that relies on too little diversity and may collapse at any moment. <br /><br /><a href="http://leherensuge.blogspot.com/2010/04/honduras-struggle-continues.html" rel="nofollow">In reality</a> most countries used to be self-sufficient in food but now they are almost forced to buy US (and other large grain exporters') subsidized products because the IMF has forced them to recycle into single-crop mega-plantations (like with oil palm). <br /><br />So things are not that simple, not at all. Industrialized agriculture requires standarization and global markets but people would probably face better their food needs if using more reasonable methods in ecologically-friendly small scale agriculture.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-47517825737820271602010-04-30T02:22:35.401+03:002010-04-30T02:22:35.401+03:00It looks like Norin 10.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...It looks like Norin 10.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norin_10_wheat" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norin_10_wheat</a><br /><br />Norin 10 is a short wheat variety that permitted fertilizer to be used (normal wheat would grow too large and fall over).<br /><br />The "last half century" is right for Norin 10.<br /><br />If we went back to an older variety, then we wouldn't be able to fertilize, yields would fall, and people would starve.Mrs. Watanabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409842578762602196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-39677177781804343292010-04-29T23:57:36.367+03:002010-04-29T23:57:36.367+03:00Important cautionary tale. Most of the homogenizat...Important cautionary tale. Most of the homogenization in breeds, not just in wheat, should be pretty recent, caused by globalization and standarization of production methods.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-87394290464530615432010-04-29T18:42:14.802+03:002010-04-29T18:42:14.802+03:00I wonder does this mean that different wheat varie...I wonder does this mean that different wheat varieties were being hybridized till recently?<br /><br />BTW, I much prefer Spelt to other varieties, and eat it instead of Brown Rice with meals.pconroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312469574812832771noreply@blogger.com