food security
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This Indoor Garden Will Feed You Greens Year-Round
Click & Grow 25 is the latest project by former orchestra conductor Mattias Lepp who felt that the idea of indoor gardens — essentially, a farmer’s market in a box — would be just the tool for staving off future food shortages. His company, founded in 2018, raised $US11 ($14) million to develop new materials…
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Huge Locust Swarms Are Threatening Food Security, But Drones Could Help Stop Them
In recent months, food security concerns have emerged for nations across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as swarms of desert locusts wreak havoc on crops. While the same level of damage isn’t currently being felt in Australia, the threat of infestations extends to us too. But drone technology is offering up solutions. Not just…
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A Staggering Amount Of Fish Is Wasted Each Year
New research shows that industrial fisheries are responsible for dumping nearly 10 million tonnes of perfectly good fish back into the ocean each year — enough to fill 4500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. This news comes at a time when nearly 90 per cent of the world’s fish stocks are threatened by overfishing.
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El Niño Is Fuelling One Of The Scariest Droughts In Recent History
Imagine if crop yields across Australia dropped more than 50 per cent in a single year. It’s difficult to fathom just how catastrophic this would be — but that’s exactly what’s happening in Ethiopia right now, thanks to a deadly, El Niño-fuelled drought.