Comments on: We need all of the puzzle pieces http://www.biofortified.org/2009/05/we-need-all-of-the-puzzle-pieces/ Stronger plants, stronger science, and stronger communication. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:57:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Inoculated Mind http://www.biofortified.org/2009/05/we-need-all-of-the-puzzle-pieces/comment-page-1/#comment-2222 Inoculated Mind Fri, 29 May 2009 00:18:25 +0000 http://sandbox.geneticmaize.com/?p=69#comment-2222 <p>I do know that one of the issues preventing this kind of crossover research at universities is the funding. Not that there isn't the money, but that the funding often stipulates what exactly the research can be conducted on, and in the case of organic agriculture - anything that doesn't fit the rules is out of the question. It would be seen as spending the money on the wrong kind of agriculture.</p><p>I'm in total agreement with your conclusion. People need to realize that some of the either-or dilemmas in agriculture are false dilemmas, and that some combination of the choices being given may be better than either one.</p> I do know that one of the issues preventing this kind of crossover research at universities is the funding. Not that there isn’t the money, but that the funding often stipulates what exactly the research can be conducted on, and in the case of organic agriculture – anything that doesn’t fit the rules is out of the question. It would be seen as spending the money on the wrong kind of agriculture.

I’m in total agreement with your conclusion. People need to realize that some of the either-or dilemmas in agriculture are false dilemmas, and that some combination of the choices being given may be better than either one.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.biofortified.org/2009/05/we-need-all-of-the-puzzle-pieces/comment-page-1/#comment-2221 Jeremy Thu, 28 May 2009 14:36:55 +0000 http://sandbox.geneticmaize.com/?p=69#comment-2221 <p>Thanks for picking up on this. The example in your final paragraph is terrific; hybrid maize with a legume rotation would be a good experiment. So would a reselected OP maize with different types of soil treatment.</p> Thanks for picking up on this. The example in your final paragraph is terrific; hybrid maize with a legume rotation would be a good experiment. So would a reselected OP maize with different types of soil treatment.

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