Can We Revolutionize Agriculture Without 'science'?

Beth Hoffman, Contributor, Forbes
Fri, 02/22/2013 - 8:59am

Henri de Laulanie arrived in Madagascar from France in 1961 as a 40 year old Jesuit priest assigned to the local mission. There he found one of the poorest populations on earth, and an environment quickly degrading as hungry farmers tried desperately to cultivate rice in the eroding soil. Armed with a degree in agriculture, he spent the next 30+ years of his life working with farmers to establish a series of protocols for growing rice.

Topics: madagascar france jesuit fr system rice intensification science the international rice research institute irri other little laulanie sri agriculture practices set farmers researchers de

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