I am Dr. Paul Rigterink - retired Business Process ReEngineer - USA (Current interest - providing alternative agriculture concepts to the Department of Cordoba (Colombia) so that small farmers can improve their standard of living dramatically in areas
often controlled by the FARC, ELN, and BACRIM crime organizations)
USAID has been funding American and foreign universities to develop new technologies that will help increase the income of small farmers in conflict and post conflict areas. An example of USAID efforts is the Purdue Improved Crop Storage (
PICS)
bags technology. PICS are hermetic storage vessels which allow farmers to hermetically store their crops while at the same time avoiding the use of any chemicals.