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> In a shop in Phomsavan... recycled shells are offered for sale as containers. #NikWheeler
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> ...Most Lao are subsistence farmers.

The "most bombed per capita" people in the world are "defenseless peasants" in the 1970s words of #ChomskyAndHerman in #PEHR #AfterTheCataclysm.. #SubsistenceFarmers, I wonder when this term came into use? I'm guessing after the 70s...
https://apjjf.org/russell-ciochon/3171/article

#Phomsavan #Laos #ShellCasings #UXO

Laos Plain of Jars in the Wake of American Bombing - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

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The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
💧🌏 Greg CocksNov 10, 2023
Smart Irrigation Technology Covers "More Crop Per Drop"
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https://news.mit.edu/2023/gear-lab-creates-affordable-user-driven-smart-irrigation-controller-1025 <-- shared technical article
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“Placing solutions in the cloud but learning with boots on the ground, GEAR Lab researchers build low-cost, solar-powered irrigation tools to make precision agriculture more accessible..."
#water #waterresources #hydrology #irrigation #smartirrigation #GEAR #MIT #agriculture #farming #global #watermanagement #watersecurity #solarpowered #precisionagriculture #subsistencefarmers #crops #foodproduction #waterscarcity #soilquality #smallholder #farms #farmers #waterstress #sustainableagriculture #dripirrigation #MoreCropPerDrop #appliedscience #appliedtechnology
Smart irrigation technology covers “more crop per drop”

MIT Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab researchers build low-cost, solar powered irrigation tools to make precision agriculture more accessible to small farms.

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology