On Jan 26, 8:27*am, "Pete C." > wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>
> > I was talking to a missionary home on furlough from Niger; one of the
> > things she mentioned was how the Fulani women spend hours every day
> > pounding millet in big wooden mortar & pestles to make flour for the
> > daily meals.
>
> > I was wondering what the introduction of some 19th century technology --
> > a cast iron hand-crank grain mill big enough for a village, or several
> > small "Corona" mills -- might do... and the unintended consequences.
>
> > After reading more about the process, I'm not sure a mill would be as
> > revolutionary as I originally thought; they thresh and winnow the grain
> > every day, and then winnow the flour to remove the bran and husks, so
> > there's a lot of time consumed doing other steps besides pounding.
>
> > I don't really have a point; just thought it was interesting and might
> > be worth discussing.
>
> > Bob
>
> Mostly, the introduction of modern food processing technology would
> further enable overpopulation beyond what the area can support by
> allowing a time shift from food prep to ****ing since there isn't
> anything else to do there.

Foreign aid to poor nations should come with population control
requirements--one child policy. No one has the courage to try to push
that. Vasectomies and tubal ligations for food.

--Bryan