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PRESENTER: This is the Journey 2050
self-guided experience.
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You are on lesson seven
on innovation and technology.
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For step two of this lesson,
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you're going to pause this video and start
watching the TED talk that's called,
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"A global Food Crisis
May be Less Than a Decade Away".
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Note that you're only going to watch
the t- first two minutes and 29 seconds,
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of this particular TED talk,
and then you're going to consider,
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a statement that Sara makes in this TED
talk and respond to it on your handout.
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After you're done with step two,
move right on to step three,
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and that is to watch the "Journey 2050
Technology and Innovation" video,
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and then answer the three questions.
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So, with those instructions
pause this video until you,
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finish step three on your handout.
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You should have just finished the
Technology and Innovation video,
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and hopefully you have, also
answered the three questions.
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But just to,
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reiterate this reflection just a little
bit make sure that you're taking time,
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to think about which innovation
you think is most impactful,
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and what some of the pros
and cons of these new technologies,
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could be in relation
to our sustainability.
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For step four of the lesson, I want
to discuss just a little bit to,
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make sure you understand the difference,
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between a developing country
and a developed country.
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Developed countries are
industrialized. You know,
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they have high standards of living,
they have strong economic growth.
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Developing countries
are typically agrarian,
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meaning that they're not industrialized.
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They're more centered around
agriculture, with more people,
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participating in agriculture.
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Um, they also have,
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lower standards of living, and they quite
often have a weak economy with slow,
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or even nonexistent growth.
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So, make sure that you keep these in mind,
uh, as we move on to step four.
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For step four of the lesson,
you're going to pause this video,
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and go back to the TED talk
that you started in step two,
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and you're going to finish
watching the rest of the Ted talk,
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and answer the questions on your handout.
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We're now on step five
of your handout. And,
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what I want to do in this step is really
try to pull a lot of things together that,
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we have learned throughout the
entire "Journey 2050" program.
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We're coming to the end,
we're almost there.
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But, I want to ask you a question.
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How do consumers like yourself
influence what producers grow?
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Take a minute to just,
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think about that and think about
you, yourself as a consumer,
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How do you influence what producers grow?
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If you think back to lesson,
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four, on economies, we talked
about the law of supply and demand,
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and we discussed how
when there is a high demand,
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that the price, prices go up and
more things are produced.
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When there's low demand,
prices go down and less of,
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that will eventually be produced.
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So, you as a consumer
have the ability to influence,
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what producers, or farmers, same thing,
what producers grow and how they grow it.
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So your choices will impact
overall sustainability,
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throughout your life.
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In summary, I want to talk about,
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three ways we can expand
our capacity to produce food.
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The first is by developing and
implementing new technologies.
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We talked about best management practices
throughout the "Journey 2050" program.
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Those best management practices
are going to change throughout your life,
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as new things are discovered, as research
is done, and we're going to continue,
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finding better ways and better
technologies to use our resources wisely.
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The second is to help developing countries
improve their farming efficiency.
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The third and the last is learning
how consumer choices,
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can either support or challenge
food sustainability.
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To finish up this lesson,
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go ahead and review the key points
that are found at the end of your handout.
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Congratulations!
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This marks the end of the entire
"Journey 2050" program.
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You should at this point
be able to answer the question,
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How can we sustainably feed nearly
10 billion people by the year 2050?
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Hope you've enjoyed the path.