I read the article titled, “Tony Abbott’s plan for the northern foodbowl.” This column is all about agricultural production and how it can be enhanced. They are predicting that they can double Australia’s production in a few decades. It is predicted to jump from 60 million to 120 million people fed from their agricultural farms. This can be obtained by implementing the river dam system that has been repeatedly proposed. It is a way of harnessing the river and its energy. They can use the dams to fuel irrigation systems that can turn millions of “hectares” into drastically improved agricultural fields that can support many new opportunities for growth in their agricultural markets. This helps out many other nations, because it provides a lot of countries with a supply of food that they had not had before. Australia’s proposed agricultural production would supply many different Asian countries with much more food than they have ever before.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbotts-plan-for-northern-foodbowl/story-fn59niix-1226139412448
A project of this magnitude would take a long time to develop. In this case I think the time it would take would pay off. Not only would it supply a lot of exported food, it would bring in significantly more revenue for Australia. If they were to run the dam all through Australia it would seem like they could do more than just double production. I am not well read on Australia, but in my head there is a lot of land that could be utilized for the production of valuable exports.
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ReplyDeleteI think a project this big requires some big funding. So one thing we need to wonder about is, will it be done by the private or public sector? Also, the article talks about Asian countries also benefiting from such a project. Perhaps it would really help if some Asian engineering firms/companies got involved to better understand and deal with some other prospects of this project, which may involve their country as well. ENGR103
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