"Systems thinking" had always been an approach of those involved in any development process. This kind of common perspective often leads to simplification and a manner of thinking that the "shortest distance between two points is a straight line". Compounding this scenario is the contractual nature of finding solutions in addressing a continuing and evolving concern. There are just too many issues to concern with in agriculture and the ultimate need to feed the world. The Agronomy side of it is just one facet of this complex process of agriculture. The consumers must have a say about what they will consume, even if they cannot afford to and alternative means had to be brought into play. The Agronomist can only carry so much of this load of feeding the world. Coalescing resources in food production, too, is complex, if not very difficult. Everyone must take part in order to achieve "eating right" for all. "Complex systems thinking" may be the proper way of looking at finding our food solutions. For clearly, the golden age for Agronomy appears still afar in the horizon.
"Systems thinking" had always been an approach of those involved in any development process. This kind of common perspective often leads to simplification and a manner of thinking that the "shortest distance between two points is a straight line". Compounding this scenario is the contractual nature of finding solutions in addressing a continuing and evolving concern. There are just too many issues to concern with in agriculture and the ultimate need to feed the world. The Agronomy side of it is just one facet of this complex process of agriculture. The consumers must have a say about what they will consume, even if they cannot afford to and alternative means had to be brought into play. The Agronomist can only carry so much of this load of feeding the world. Coalescing resources in food production, too, is complex, if not very difficult. Everyone must take part in order to achieve "eating right" for all. "Complex systems thinking" may be the proper way of looking at finding our food solutions. For clearly, the golden age for Agronomy appears still afar in the horizon.