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Insect and hydroponic farming in Africa : the new circular food economy /
Interestingly, some relief from today's woes may come from ancient human practices. While current agri-food production models rely on abundant supplies of water, energy, and arable land and generate significant greenhouse gas emissions in addition to forest and biodiversity loss, past practices...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank Group,
[2021]
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| Colección: | Agriculture and food series (World Bank)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Interestingly, some relief from today's woes may come from ancient human practices. While current agri-food production models rely on abundant supplies of water, energy, and arable land and generate significant greenhouse gas emissions in addition to forest and biodiversity loss, past practices point toward more affordable and sustainable paths. Different forms of insect farming and soilless crop farming, or hydroponics, have existed for centuries. In this report the authors make a persuasive case that frontier agriculture, particularly insect and hydroponic farming, can complement conventional agriculture. Both technologies reuse society's agricultural and organic industrial waste to produce nutritious food and animal feed without continuing to deplete the planet's land and water resources, thereby converting the world's wasteful linear food economy into a sustainable, circular food economy. As the report shows, insect and hydroponic farming can create jobs, diversify livelihoods, improve nutrition, and provide many other benefits in African and fragile, conflict-affected countries. Together with other investments in climate-smart agriculture, such as trees on farms, alternate wetting and drying rice systems, conservation agriculture, and sustainable livestock, these technologies are part of a promising menu of solutions that can help countries move their land, food, water, and agriculture systems toward greater sustainability and reduced emissions. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781464817670 1464817677 |