Food Vs Population ???

National Geographic June's issue: The end of plenty.

For almost a century, we mankind live in an environment with sufficient food to sustain after Green revolution, a revolution of agriculture from the introduction of new techniques in planting crops, and even new grain varieties with higher harvest compared to normal varieties.

As the consequence of the Green revolution, people from countries which have struggled from famine for a long time could have lead lives with plenty of food. The Green revolution not only has brought scientific planting techniques, new grain varieties for farmers, but also wealth.

Thanks god for the revolution. It has brought new lives for many people, and it also ended many people's lives.

In India, getting clean water to drink is almost impossible for people living in slums. They can only get contaminated water from rivers polluted by pesticide and chemical fertilizers. As a result, thousands of people die from cancer due to the poisonous water.

Now,shall we appreciate for the Green revolution?

According to records by World Food Organization( WFO), the grain stockpiles in the world has been the lowest lately. We are now not only facing food shortage, but food crisis.

We are now only proving Malthusian's theory. The theory that explained the relation between the increase of food and population.

The conclusion from the theory: the food production can never catch up the increase of population!

This is because whenever the food production increases, human will increase their population due to the food security. They know there will be enough food to feed them. Therefore, when the Green revolution increased food production, the number of population has become skyrocketing.

People will have to conquer the environment to get more lands for farming, living.

People even wish for second Green revolution, with the confidence in genetic engineering, they believe that they can produce new grain varieties with more resistance to weather and diseases.

Saved from the food crisis or keep playing around the Malthusian's trap?

A river with 3 colour?

Going to start my second year life in university.

My wonderful first year was just over. Nothing's special found in both campus and residential college, but something strange was found during my long vacation.

A river with 3 colors, they were brown, dark green and plain water color. This picture was taken in a morning after raining. I took it on my way to work.



From that picture, we can see the brown river water only appeared at the river banks which is believed to be the accumulation of mud from the drainage system of the city. On the right side, where the water appeared dark green is believed to be the growth of plankton on the base of river. Some fishers fish there often. I believe that the growth of fish in that river is due to the existence of the plankton there. Fish are fed with the plankton and and grow in the river. However, what sustain the growth of plankton?

At the bottom of the picture, we can see the color of river water which we are familiar with. The water may flow from the drainage system and most of them were rain water. The mud brought along accumulated at the river bank.

Kuala Lumpur is the city famous of flash flood after every thunder storm. Flash flood has become nightmare for the city people. Massive jam accompanying with the flood, and even the lost of assets after every flood have nightmared city people for many years.

Rivers and city drainage systems are the key of solutions.

I don't know why people still like to litter anywhere they like even though they understand the impact. Perhaps they think that they will be going to spend less time to throw rubbish anywhere they are compared to put it into garbage tank. This is because garbage tanks are not something available everywhere,especially when you are looking for them!!!!

There is nobody to be blamed, and we can only blame garbage tanks: you all are not considerate enough!!! Why you hide from me whenever i look for you??? You all are the cause of pollution!!!

Funny! They play roles to keep our environment clean, but they are to be blamed!