Friday, October 16, 2009

If Colombia Can do This, Then Why Not India?

The New York Times has this inspiring article about a COlombian aristocrat who has founded a unique agricultural community there: Article Link.India has excellent relations with Colombia and desertification etc are major problems in India. How difficult would it be for the Ministry for External Affairs to send someone along some scientists from the Ministry of Agriculture to observe and later implement these ideas in India?

Let's hope common sense works - if first world models are a bad thing, then we now have a third world model to work with.