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Page 6/The BattalionTuesday, September 20, 1988
Knowledge, understanding
needed for cultivating tropit
PI
By Melanie Heldt
Reporter
Attempts by the Western world to
cultivate land in the tropical regions
often have failed because of a lack of
knowledge about tropical ecosystems
and a misunderstanding of the dif
ferent cultures represented in the
tropics, Dr. Anthony Juo, professor
of agronomy at Texas A&M, said.
At a slide presentation and ques
tion and answer session hosted by
the International Development Fo
rum, Juo shared some of his experi
ences and insights gained through
his work with the Consultative
Group on International Agricultural
Research.
CGIAR is an organization whose
objective is to increase the quantity
and improve the quality of food pro
duction in developing countries. Juo
worked with the group in Nigeria
for 14 years.
Juo cited many different reasons
for low crop yields in the tropical re
gions of Africa, Asia and Latin
America.
Poor land resources, soil erosion,
insufficient rainfall, lack of irriga
tion and overpopulation are among
the different problems that inhabit
ants in tropical regions face. To
solve these problems, Juo felt re
searchers and scientists should con
sider three things.
“You must know the physical and
biological environment you are deal
ing with,” he said. “Secondly, you
must respect and utilize other peo
ple’s cultures. Thirdly, technology,
science and education are the only
solutions to other people’s prob
lems.”
As an example of how much dam
age can be done when scientists and
farmers do not understand different
ecosystems, Juo told a story about a
group that went into the Amazon
and cleared a large tracu;j|
make room for a farm, Tm
iailed because the groujfl
take into account thefj
ecosystem of that region. I'
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ecosystem is understood,bjB
turc ol the people is not. 1
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cultures,” Juo said. “IVlitB
into a place, stay three
and then leave — it mated
tied — not them.”
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proach to solving agricultiij
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tegrated global elfort.
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leaves damages
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Torna
does spawned by Hurricane Gilbert
caused more than $35 million dam
age in this South Texas city, which
remained in a state of emergency
Monday while residents cleaned up
the mess.
Two people were killed in the 41
tornadoes that leap-frogged
through the state. Heavy rain
swelled rivers in some areas, but no
injuries were reported.
Gov. Bill Clements was scheduled
to tour the tornado-ravaged areas of
San Antonio Monday afternoon af
ter viewing damage in Brownsville
on the southern tip of Texas.
“I don’t think we are expecting
much more in the way of trouble
from Hurricane Gilbert,” Laureen
Chernow, spokesman for the state's
Emergency Management Council in
Austin, said Monday.
The storm system was moving
through the midwest to Illinois, leav
ing heavy rainfall in its wake.
As Texans dug out from the tor
nadoes, San Antonio Mayor Henry
Cisneros, who toured tornado-rav
aged areas on Sunday, said he
wanted to extend his state of emer
gency declaration through Friday.
The declaration will enable the
city to try to seek assistance from the
Small Business Administration and
other federal agencies.
“I don’t want to deny anyone po
tential help,” Cisneros said.
Twisters that raged through a res
idential area in the border town of
Del Rio caused an estimated $ 1 mil
lion damage, but no injuries late Sat
urday, officials said.
In Corpus Christi, two beaches in
county parks were closed after they
sustained about $100,000 damage,
Nueces County Commissioner J.P.
Luby said.
“The foredunes were extensively
damaged,” he said. “The tide went
in and melted them away like but
ter.”
“/ don’t think we are ex
pecting much more in the
way of trouble from 11 Ul
rica ne Gilbert. ”
— Lauren Ghcrnow,
spokesman for the state’s
Emergency Ufanagement
Council in Austin
Foredunes along the beach pro
tect larger dunes on the island’s inte
rior from erosion.
Luby, who said he would seek fed
eral assistance in the park cleanup
effort, said county jail inmates will
be helping to clean up timber and
other debris and repair damage to
the foredunes and parking lots.
But San Antonio, which opened
up shelters for Gulf Coast residents
fleeing the pending storm, seemed
to have suffered the worst damage.
One man was killed Friday when a
utility pole struck his house and 59-
year-old Emily Dickens was thrown
from her mobile home after a twister
struck her bedroom.
The storm system then spawned a
tornado that cut a path through
Kelly Air Force Base, causing $3 mil
lion damage to 12 buildings and an
other $25 million to aircraft parts.
Clements ti
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Bill Clements on Mondatj
the county he dedareth;!
saster area from Huma
belt, and said the souther:
the state was fortunates
missed the brunt of iht
storm.
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the air-conditioning system at the
Veterans Administration Hospital,
causing $2 million damage and
prompting Cisneros to issue the
emergency decree so equipment
could be flown in and to avoid mov
ing some 700 patients.
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Lodge apartments, destroying about
120 units, damaging 204 others and
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way for a formal request
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seek emergency assistance
county, Edd Hargett, rep
rector of FEMA, said.
Clements said the most
sive damage he observed
the air was to Park Road
South Padre Island.
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think will probably fall is
situation of declaring as
gency, and that is justapa
ity, would be Bexar Count
Antonio),’’ Clements said
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