Study reveals 1/3 to 2/3 of farms face yield deficits due to insufficient pollinators  Blueberry, coffee, and apple crops most affected by pollinator limitation  Yield deficits found in 25 unique c...

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- Study reveals 1/3 to 2/3 of farms face yield deficits due to insufficient pollinators
- Blueberry, coffee, and apple crops most affected by pollinator limitation
- Yield deficits found in 25 unique crops across 85% of countries evaluated
- Researchers suggest realistic increases in pollinator visitation could remedy issue
- Findings highlight importance of pollinators for nutrient-dense crop production 

 Source: [Technology Networks](https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/global-food-production-is-being-limited-by-a-lack-of-pollinators-390232)

Global Food Production Hampered by Pollinator Shortage

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Global Food Production Hampered by Pollinator Shortage- Grapevine

I know it’s a very common question, and impossible to know or answer.
But curious how you folks here rationalize the meaning of life.

Add your age if that’s okay, for good measure

For me: I’m 27, my life’s purpose (or so I think) is to build something that helps a whole lot of people have a better life. And it is to make the people around me - family, friends, strangers happier (the scale of which depends on how successfully I pull this off).

Whats yours? Would love to engage on this :)

Thread: What do you feel is your life’s purpose?

Do you really need one? 
 Existence is a gift, just enjoying it should be enough.

Founder

Corporate Strategist

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Imploding after investors turned off the taps a year so ago.. investors spoilt the ecosystem chasing growth with weak business models.. disintermediation doesn’t always work.. neither does setting up models that impose costs and ignore risks …
the chickens come home to roost..

Agritech startups .. train wreck in slowmo …

Post -
https://twitter.com/theliverdr/status/1786959569824186626?t=YKuNIco7D4aLwiSgfee8VQ&s=19

Google to find the news article dated 4th of May

Why would an govt authority allow more pesticides into food? Especially when our spices are ridiculed in international markets for such things and our protein powders have pesticides in them.

Is FSSAI truly a joke?

FSSAI allows 10 times more pesticide in spices. Are we doomed?

Consultant

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Now a days, my everyday routine is like 'Wake up and witness new breakthrough'. This time from Nvidia !

@AGIcoming Please tell alternative career options. Some say farming but according to the blog by Altman, that sort of stuff will also be done by robots.

Product Engineer

Software Engineer

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/shubhkaran-singh-farmers-protest-farmer-killed-in-protest-owned-2-acre-land-took-loan-for-sisters-wedding-5105592

But bro all these protesting farmers are rich

Product Owner

I feel this isn't right..
With the limited agriculture land and there is mo proper rains and no proper water and the resources are less..
With all these in abilities how can we boost the export..
So to boost the export we need to use the chemicals and peesticides to increase the crop..
Is there any other way to increase the crop with limited acres of area which is quite less that previously..

What's your thoughts... Dare to speak..

Associate

If basic needs are met why will a human work hard.

How long can this scheme run?
Andra pradesh Govt is bankrupt and economy is slowing there.

What are your views? I feel rich can always move abroad, it's the middle class who may get hit the most.

Universal basic income looks like👇

Product Manager

What is the best app / vendor for pesticide free green vegetables and fruits ? I am really concerned after the recent reports on lead and cadmium found in green vegetables across supermarkets in BLR.

Best vendor for organic/ pesticide free vegetable vendor

Fertility rate below replacement levels!

Liabilities and high interest loans rising, household savings falling. It's a very worrying statistic if people are borrowing money just to stay afloat.

Acche din

Generalist

- Research shows 90% of animal and vegetable protein samples contain microplastics, tiny polymer fragments that can be as small as 1 micrometer.
- Even vegetarians are affected, as fruits and vegetables can absorb microplastics through their root systems, transferring them to various parts of the plant.
- Salt, sugar, and even tea bags are significant sources of microplastic contamination, with coarse Himalayan pink salt and plastic tea bags releasing billions of particles.
- Rice and bottled water are also culprits, with studies showing significant plastic contamination in both, affecting human health.
- Microplastics have been found in human organs and tissues, raising concerns about their impact on health, including increased risks of heart attacks and strokes. 

 Source: [CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/health/plastics-food-wellness-scn/index.html)

Foods Contaminated with Microplastics: A Growing Concern

Humanity is depleting faster than anything else on this planet.

Dating has become the norm for relationships today, but many don't realize that it's a relatively recent development, prevalent in Western society for only about a century, and it's already causing societal issues.

Previously, Indian arranged marriages were standard (different from forced marriages). Families would arrange meetings between their daughters and another family's sons. If they liked each other, they would soon plan the wedding, marry, have sex, and start families.

Today, individuals are left to find their own partners. If you don't find someone in high school, university, or work, your chances of finding a partner diminish. There's also less incentive for marriage, as sex no longer requires marriage or even dating, leading to more people pursuing sex directly. This has created a skewed dynamic where fewer men pursue women due to competition, turning to porn instead, while women face exploitation by men who have abundant choices.

Ultimately, near 28-30 both genders rush to the arranged marriage system to get them a partner while having their feet dipped on dating apps.

In the US,
This has lead to decreased marriage rates and, consequently, lower birth rates since most births occur within marriages. A decline in families results in a decreased population, putting more pressure on younger generations to support an aging population. Western nations, therefore, rely heavily on immigration, causing additional challenges. Increased single motherhood also correlates with higher crime rates, drug use, loneliness, mental health issues, and suicides

P.S. I'm young and dating too. Just thoughts for a conversation on what the implications of dating for us as a society could be.

Dating has failed Americans, now it will fail Indians too

Your description of arranged marriages is incorrect. You are given the option that if they liked each other get got married - which was not the case in the last generation. Often times the meetings was just formality, and my own mother met father on the day of their engagement. So nope, they didn’t have the choice to see if they liked each other, their parents made that decision for them. 
  
 Now take that into today’s scenario, how many people in this generation will willingly marry someone their parents has chosen, without any say in it? None. Doesn’t matter what their income is. You yourself are dating.. why? You can ask your parents to find someone for you, if you believe their judgment. The issue is that we don’t, and people avoid admitting that cos they don’t wanna be seen as someone who disagrees with their parents. 
  
 People are free to do what they like, arrange, love, dating, single, unmarried, adoption with marriage. Literally their choice. Nothing is ruining anything, in fact the recent situation in our country, where there are no laws upheld for rich, unemployed where 40% IITians aren’t placed, religious division - are more of a concern than a person’s personal choice. My 2 cents 🙌🏻

Senior Designer

Don't take this post negatively but think hard and put your views. We all agree that India is doing great at this point of time but no one , literally no one is talking about the danger future we have in front of us in coming years.
Below points need immediate attention and action 

1) Huge water crises in all the major cities and it will only get worse each year.
2) Corruption still relevant in almost all government works from land registration to traffic fines to railway ticket fines, you name it. 
3) We really need one child policy for some years now otherwise we can't imagine how dark the future is in all terms, from food to employment to natural resources.
4) Almost every food product from oil, ghee, butter is contaminated and the quality is just getting worse, to meet demand and to increase profits. Also corruption here.
5) The weather is just getting worse because of all the concrete jungles we have created and this will also get worse , thanks to our never ending population explosion.


Barack Obama rightly said recently that we should focus on improving the health of earth rather than finding life on Mars.
Earth will still have oxygen even after nuclear energy wars.

Sometimes I really think that we need real Thanos , who is the only one who can help solve these problems.

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