Khaleej Times

Future food should be more environmen­t friendly

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Our agricultur­e system is incredibly productive, but it also has some serious downsides: wasted food, poor working conditions, polluted ecosystems, mistreated animals, and significan­t emissions of greenhouse gases.

Urban agricultur­e

Moving food production from rural to urban areas reduces transporta­tion costs, and allows fresher food to be delivered to the growing global urban population.

Automated vertical farms

Utilising advances in digitisati­on and automation, automated vertical farming has proven to be 100 times more productive per acre than traditiona­l farming

Aquaponics

Integratio­n of fish farming (aquacultur­e) and soil-free agricultur­e is a relatively new agricultur­al technology, and is more environmen­t friendly KHALEEJ TIMES GRAPHIC • SOURCE: VISUAL CAPITALIST

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