(par 5.1.4.1.1) Study- How existing cropland could feed billions more
http://environment.umn.edu/agriculture-2/study-how-existing-cropland-could-feed-billions-more/ July 17, 2014 Feeding a growing human population without increasing stresses on Earth’s strained land and water resources may seem like an impossible challenge. But according to a new report by researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, focusing efforts to improve food systems on a few specific regions, crops and […]
(Par 5.1.4.1.1) Eif Assists Think Namibia Aquaponics Systems Project
https://allafrica.com/stories/202105180221.html New Era (Windhoek) 17 MAY 2021 On Tuesday, 30 March 2021, the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia joined the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), parliament of the Republic of Namibia, Embassy of Finland and Think Namibia Aquaponics at the HSF Aquaponics Project and first pilot aquaponics system at Aris Primary School, which is located approximately […]
(par 5.1.4.1.1) Managing Agricultural Waste
http://12.000.scripts.mit.edu/mission2017/agriculture/ Background As the global population increases, the demand for food does as well. However, current agricultural practices damage the environment through four large sources of pollution. First, fertilizer runoff, where rainwater carries with it excess fertilizers into lakes and rivers, causes eutrophication (the overgrowth of algae that deplete bodies of water of oxygen). Second, […]