Photo: G. Pascal Zachary
A Ugandan sunflower farmer has hired this bicycle’s owner to pedal his sack of seeds a few kilometers to the main road, where a sunflower seed broker has arranged via text message to collect the seeds. Farmers also receive text messages with guidance on planting, weeding, and other growing techniques.















G. Pascal Zachary
is the author of Bush’s biography, Endless Frontier (1997), and the editor of The Essential Writings of Vannevar Bush (Columbia University Press, 2022). He has taught at Stanford University, UC-Berkeley and Arizona State University.
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