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Zimbabwe: Chisumbanje's Green Revolution

2013-10-18 10:43:55| Sugar Industry News

IT is a scorching October afternoon in Chisumbanje and farmers and their families are busy in their fields. They have to brave the heat if they are to succeed in their quest to feed their households and have surplus to sell. The farmers are either channelling water into their fields or pulling out weeds or harvesting maize.

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New approaches are needed for another Green Revolution

2013-10-16 09:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SciDevNet: Twenty-first century agriculture needs low-input advances like the System of Rice Intensification, says Norman Uphoff. According to the principle of diminishing returns, continuing to produce something in the same way, with the same inputs and technology, usually becomes less productive over time. This appears to apply to agriculture's 'Green Revolution', as yield improvement has slowed in recent decades, no longer lowering the real price of basic foods as it did in its first three decades. Diminishing...

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A retail revolution new strategies from London's Gatwick and Heathrow

2013-10-15 01:00:00| Airport Technology

Passenger choice is key to consumer spending at airports Frances Marcellin looks at the improved retail offerings at London's Gatwick and Heathrow.

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A development data revolution needs to go beyond the geeks and bean-counters

2013-10-03 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: One buzz phrase the high-level panel's report on the post-2015 objectives has added to the development lexicon is "data revolution". Expect every report with numbers in it published over the next couple of years to be sold as part of this so-called revolution. But as with all big new ideas, especially revolutions, the appropriate response is one of optimism balanced with a dose of caution. The history of development is littered with big ideas that have failed to live up to their billing. Will...

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Valves new Steam Controller: A gamepad revolution our thumbs wont accept

2013-09-27 20:58:15| Extremetech

This past week, we've been eagerly awaiting Valve's three announcements that are aimed at revolutionizing the console and PC gaming industry. The first announcement was SteamOS, a free Linux operating system composed primarily of Steam. The second announcement was a vague description of the Steam Machine, the actual set-top console. Now, Valve has made its third and final announcement: a revolutionary new gamepad that replaces physical analog sticks with trackpads.

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