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A traveler finds a spaceship. This spaceship contains "all" knowledge, so he goes around and offers to help planets in need.

One of those planets is a planet plagued by overpopulation. He solves that problem repeatedly with improved nutritional methods until he gives them one last food that makes them infertile.

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  Looking for a story about a giant lost ecological ship, and the quirky guy who became its captain
  
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A traveler finds a spaceship. This spaceship contains "all" knowledge, so he goes around and offers to help planets in need.

One of those planets is a planet plagued by overpopulation. He solves that problem repeatedly with improved nutritional methods until he gives them one last food that makes them infertile.

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A traveler finds a spaceship. This spaceship contains "all" knowledge, so he goes around and offers to help planets in need.

One of those planets is a planet plagued by overpopulation. He solves that problem repeatedly with improved nutritional methods until he gives them one last food that makes them infertile.

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I strongly suspect this is Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin.

Haviland Tuf has found and claimed a "seedship" from a preceding civilization. It was originally intended for ecological warfare, and because of that has an extensive genetic library of every species ever discovered.

The overpopulated world is S'uthlam, where they have a cultural and social imperative to have more children. He provides them with gene-engineered super-wheat and other crops to solve their food problems in return for repairs to his ship. He returns later to find that their constant population growth has taken what should have been a hundred-year improvement in food supply to a mere 13-year margin. He proposes increasingly radical (and less palatable) solutions, including massive fungi and aerial plants.

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  The dust that collects upon the underside of each leaf is in actuality a symbiotic microorganism, vital to manna pollination, yet with certain other properties. Borne upon the wind, carried by vermin and human alike, it shall touch every cranny and nook upon the surface of your globe.”
  
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  “The dust,” she said. She had gotten it on her fingertips … when she touched the manna plant. Blackjack’s growl was so low she felt it more than heard. Haviland Tuf folded his hands. “One might consider manna dust as an organic prophylactic of sorts,” he said. “Your biotechs will discover that it interferes powerfully, and permanently, with libido in the human male and fertility in the human female. The mechanisms need not concern you.”
  
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  @Valorum Judging by the comments, I assume you imply the poster should add some quotes to improve the answer?
  
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  @Rebel-Scum - I'd like them to, but I'm not gonna tell them how to write their own answer :-)
  
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  @Valorum Thanks for the quotes; I only have some of the original short stories, not the fixup novel. (In particular I don't have that one.) On mobile now, I'll edit those in tomorrow.
  
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Could this be George R. R. Martin's Tuf Voyaging? (See Wikipedia for a good description.) The date (1986) is about right. He had an alien spaceship with vast stores on information and technology. (I don't recall the individual stories well enough to say if there's a match to your overpopulation story, but it seems like just the sort of thing for the series.)

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I strongly suspect this is Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin.

Haviland Tuf has found and claimed a "seedship" from a preceding civilization. It was originally intended for ecological warfare, and because of that has an extensive genetic library of every species ever discovered.

The overpopulated world is S'uthlam, where they have a cultural and social imperative to have more children. He provides them with gene-engineered super-wheat and other crops to solve their food problems in return for repairs to his ship. He returns later to find that their constant population growth has taken what should have been a hundred-year improvement in food supply to a mere 13-year margin. He proposes increasingly radical (and less palatable) solutions, including massive fungi and aerial plants.

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

DavidWDavidW

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The dust that collects upon the underside of each leaf is in actuality a symbiotic microorganism, vital to manna pollination, yet with certain other properties. Borne upon the wind, carried by vermin and human alike, it shall touch every cranny and nook upon the surface of your globe.”
  
  – Valorum
  7 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  “The dust,” she said. She had gotten it on her fingertips … when she touched the manna plant. Blackjack’s growl was so low she felt it more than heard. Haviland Tuf folded his hands. “One might consider manna dust as an organic prophylactic of sorts,” he said. “Your biotechs will discover that it interferes powerfully, and permanently, with libido in the human male and fertility in the human female. The mechanisms need not concern you.”
  
  – Valorum
  7 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Valorum Judging by the comments, I assume you imply the poster should add some quotes to improve the answer?
  
  – Rebel-Scum
  7 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Rebel-Scum - I'd like them to, but I'm not gonna tell them how to write their own answer :-)
  
  – Valorum
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Valorum Thanks for the quotes; I only have some of the original short stories, not the fixup novel. (In particular I don't have that one.) On mobile now, I'll edit those in tomorrow.
  
  – DavidW
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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I strongly suspect this is Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin.

Haviland Tuf has found and claimed a "seedship" from a preceding civilization. It was originally intended for ecological warfare, and because of that has an extensive genetic library of every species ever discovered.

The overpopulated world is S'uthlam, where they have a cultural and social imperative to have more children. He provides them with gene-engineered super-wheat and other crops to solve their food problems in return for repairs to his ship. He returns later to find that their constant population growth has taken what should have been a hundred-year improvement in food supply to a mere 13-year margin. He proposes increasingly radical (and less palatable) solutions, including massive fungi and aerial plants.

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

DavidWDavidW

3,41911047

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The dust that collects upon the underside of each leaf is in actuality a symbiotic microorganism, vital to manna pollination, yet with certain other properties. Borne upon the wind, carried by vermin and human alike, it shall touch every cranny and nook upon the surface of your globe.”
  
  – Valorum
  7 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  “The dust,” she said. She had gotten it on her fingertips … when she touched the manna plant. Blackjack’s growl was so low she felt it more than heard. Haviland Tuf folded his hands. “One might consider manna dust as an organic prophylactic of sorts,” he said. “Your biotechs will discover that it interferes powerfully, and permanently, with libido in the human male and fertility in the human female. The mechanisms need not concern you.”
  
  – Valorum
  7 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Valorum Judging by the comments, I assume you imply the poster should add some quotes to improve the answer?
  
  – Rebel-Scum
  7 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Rebel-Scum - I'd like them to, but I'm not gonna tell them how to write their own answer :-)
  
  – Valorum
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Valorum Thanks for the quotes; I only have some of the original short stories, not the fixup novel. (In particular I don't have that one.) On mobile now, I'll edit those in tomorrow.
  
  – DavidW
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I strongly suspect this is Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin.

Haviland Tuf has found and claimed a "seedship" from a preceding civilization. It was originally intended for ecological warfare, and because of that has an extensive genetic library of every species ever discovered.

The overpopulated world is S'uthlam, where they have a cultural and social imperative to have more children. He provides them with gene-engineered super-wheat and other crops to solve their food problems in return for repairs to his ship. He returns later to find that their constant population growth has taken what should have been a hundred-year improvement in food supply to a mere 13-year margin. He proposes increasingly radical (and less palatable) solutions, including massive fungi and aerial plants.

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answered 8 hours ago

DavidWDavidW

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DavidWDavidW

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Could this be George R. R. Martin's Tuf Voyaging? (See Wikipedia for a good description.) The date (1986) is about right. He had an alien spaceship with vast stores on information and technology. (I don't recall the individual stories well enough to say if there's a match to your overpopulation story, but it seems like just the sort of thing for the series.)

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

Mark OlsonMark Olson

14.9k25185

add a comment | 

1

Could this be George R. R. Martin's Tuf Voyaging? (See Wikipedia for a good description.) The date (1986) is about right. He had an alien spaceship with vast stores on information and technology. (I don't recall the individual stories well enough to say if there's a match to your overpopulation story, but it seems like just the sort of thing for the series.)

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

Mark OlsonMark Olson

14.9k25185

add a comment | 

Could this be George R. R. Martin's Tuf Voyaging? (See Wikipedia for a good description.) The date (1986) is about right. He had an alien spaceship with vast stores on information and technology. (I don't recall the individual stories well enough to say if there's a match to your overpopulation story, but it seems like just the sort of thing for the series.)

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

Mark OlsonMark Olson

14.9k25185

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

Mark OlsonMark Olson

14.9k25185

answered 8 hours ago

Mark OlsonMark Olson

14.9k25185

answered 8 hours ago

Mark OlsonMark Olson

14.9k25185