The Case Of An Agricultural Exception: Africa Needs A Marshall Plan: Article by Jacques Diouf. Intro: >The Greek philosopher Xenophon said: "Agriculture is the mother of all arts. When it is well conducted, all other arts prosper. When it is neglected, all other arts decline." Our modern world’s neglect of agriculture has left some 852 million people under-nourished, 200 million of them in Africa. The problem is not a lack of food worldwide: we produce enough to feed every person on the planet. The problem of hunger is caused by people lacking the means to produce or buy what they need to provide for themselves and maintain a level of dignity.< Link
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]