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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,
you're going to pause this video
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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 gonna watch
the t--first 2 minutes and 29 seconds
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of this particular TED Talk,
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and then you're going
to consider a statement
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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 & Innovation" video,
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and then answer the three questions.
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So with those instructions,
pause this video
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until you 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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uh, reiterate this reflection
just a little bit,
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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...could be
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in relation to our sustainability.
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For step four of the lesson,
I want to discuss just a little bit
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to make sure you understand the difference
between a developing country,
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and a developed country.
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Developed countries are industrialized.
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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
lower standards of living,
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and they quite often have a w--
a weak economy with slow,
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or, uh, even nonexistent growth.
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So make sure
that you keep these in mind, uh,
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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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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 what I want to do in this step
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is really try to pull
a lot of things together
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that we've 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 think about that
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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 four on economies,
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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
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and less of 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,
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I wanna talk about three ways
we can expand our capacity
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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.
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And we're gonna continue finding
better ways and better technologies
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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.