Help welcomed ongoing intelligence Case Search - source Nvidia top 100 partners in 21st C accelerated computing - alphabet olf engineering inteligence - AI, BioI, Trillion$CoroprateI, DiscoveryI, EnergyI, FinananceI, GovI, HealthI, Icubed : 1) your real 1; 2 your digital 1; 3 your brain body and communal wellbeing support from agentic ai
Nobody has yet matched - billion plus people Borlaug's improvementd in crop science saved from staravation - roling out from 1950( his lab was in mexico; his original concern mid west darmes (where he had grown up ) - See Food Prize
Magically whst Botlaug first did for American crops like wheat had even greated impact on dar east rince; whu=ile IRRI was opened mid 50s phillipnnes -Japan , Korea South, Taiwan acelerate Japan Korea South Taiwan - and teawan became a second spicentre bit fir rice and fruit When Taiwan starts sharing knowhow we have learnt to look uo - be thattoday's superships, (also 1976 china invited first private companies mixing - priorities were lecences to wealth expates eg wfo could build infrastructure as well aws small village
WHAT MIGHT 2020s AI leap foward on?
We are still clarifying stahes but the come from our sources (500 most human intelligences) so we are hopeful
From Hoover-Stanford (Condolleza Rice has surbeyed Fei-Dei Li and 11 other engineers in fast chnaging soaces to help design annual brief to sonngress SETR - Stanfird Emering Tech Review -here her professor of biotech replies
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Agriculture's next billion jobs also at facebook- blessed value exchange models that end middlemen in crops which either have very social or very healthy local benefits when diaspora value chains design end to end solution- leapfrog with cashless agricultural microbanking ( credit, energy , connectivity) and satellite elearning of job creating curriculum farming families milllenials need. Connections between sustainable agriculture and green energy and clean water streaming everywhere
We could this question about any worldwide foodmarket? And i hope the democratisation of intelligence does?
There are rumors that farmers of coffee dont get a fair share of the value chain= this makes you wonder if the market's leaders take transparent responsibility for all sorts of intelligence factors. Axios lists a few srarbucks is looking at but the approach sounds as if it has a long way to go. Any views?
Starbucks has invested in two new farms in Costa Rica and Guatemala to bolster its "coffee innovation" work — and climate change is one reason why.
Why it matters: Coffee is among the crops that's vulnerable to global warming.
Climate change can bring drought, "leaf rust disease," and other woes that affect yields and taste, the company said.
The big picture: The coffee giant says it's expanding work with farmers on several fronts.
"Our solution is to develop on-farm interventions, share seeds, research and practices across the industry to help farmers mitigate the impacts of climate change," Michelle Burns, the executive VP of global coffee and sustainability, said in a statement.
The new farms join Starbucks' existing, company-operated Hacienda Alsacia in Costa Rica purchased in 2013 to explore ways to future-proof the commodity.
The work isn't only about climate change. CNBC reports, for instance, that one goal at the Guatemalan farm is addressing soil depletion.
What's next: Starbucks plans to expand the innovation farm network to Asia and Africa.
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