The Separation of power was devised by the framers in order to prevent the majority from ruling with an iron fist. This protects the other sides from the possible oppressive majority and they shied away from giving any branch of their new government too much power. Because with too much power there is always a chance for someone who doesn't have a minority's best interests in mind to abuse that power.
He claims that they have "a systematic bias" towards richer and more developed countries, as well as multinational corporations. He further provided evidence for this.
Seasonal crop rotation helped farmers protect the fertile soil. By rotating crops farmers replenish the soil with nutrients from different crops. Replenishing diminished minerals was an essential function of crop rotation that allowed for the growing of different crops in different years and from season to season to keep the soil healthy.