The WWF website reports that a new highly efficient method to grow rice could save huge amounts of water while increasing food security, has been found. The method uses 40% less water, increases crop yields by over 30% and substantially reduces the methane emission. Read the full article: Grow more rice with less water.
The Victorian Governments recent decision to pipe water from the bush to the city (Melbourne) has caused a stir with locals in the town of Koondrook, and why wouldn’t they be angry. Why on earth would the state government be taking water from drought ravaged country Victoria and piping it to the city when Melbournians [...]
According to one of Australia’s largest growers of tomatoes, hydroponic systems in green houses use around 20% of water compared to field grown produce. No only is there a massive water saving for hydroponic greenhouse produce, but there’s also large energy savings due to the controlled climate in greenhouses. Greenhouse Experiments by Department of Energy [...]
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