![]() ![]() By “stacking” these buildings on top of each other in an integrated Year round, and they can be located close to urban centers. Greenhouse technologies are well-established and guarantee a safer, more reliable food supply that can be produced Controlled environment agriculture is one answer to reversing this Will only get worse if nothing is done on a global scale. The consequence of this activity is that the carbon cycle is out of balance and This is becauseįorests are being sacrificed for farmland. The majority of environmental experts agree that farming as we know it willīecome marginalized over the next 50years, as climate changes accelerate even more due to deforestation. Significantly reduced where we can grow our food. Soil erosion due to floods and droughts completes the picture of climate change issues that have already Locusts) account for staggering losses of crops worldwide, further pushing the yields of most grain and vegetable crops towards In traditional farming, a plethora of plant pathogens (e.g., rice blast, wheat rust) and insect pests (e.g., Last 5years, in the United States alone, food recalls due to bacterial infectious diseases have resulted in billions of dollars ![]() Today, even in more developed countries where many of these kinds of infectiousĭiseases have been either eradicated or are under control, food safety and security issues dominate the headlines. Malnutrition, and poverty are the result. Reduce a child’s capacity for learning, and the diarrheal diseases they cause routinely keep them out of school. Heavy infections with ascaris, hookworm and whipworm can permanently Geo-helminths,Īlone, cripple enormous numbers of children and adults alike. These infections are in large part responsible for widespread poverty and illiteracy. For example, diseases transmitted by fecal contamination, such as cholera, typhoid feverĪnd a plethora of parasitic infections, are commonplace where human excrement is used as fertilizer (an estimated 50% ofĪll farming on the planet). In less developed countries, other problems also exist that will become To provide essential services for its citizens, and in particular to maintain systems that provide a reliable and safe foodĪnd water supply becomes more and more problematic. Increase in atmospheric temperature, 10% of the land where we now grow food crops will be lost. ![]() Over the next 50years, rapid climate change issues will play a major role in agriculture. ![]()
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