Food

United Kingdom may need to import cereals

I am absolutely no fan of biofuels, and am even believing they are more a problem than a solution as still hundreds of millions people are starving. It seems that it could also pose problem in the richest nations. Indeed, Green Inc. noted that the United Kingdom may have to resort to cereals imports in …

United Kingdom may need to import cereals Read More »

Towards sustainability: waste

For the sixth part of the series – see the previous articles on heating, electricity, water, transport and food – I would like to tackle waste in general. This is an important issue as still too much of the things we throw end up in the wild. The concept known as three Rs is interesting …

Towards sustainability: waste Read More »

Food shortages to threaten half Mankind by 2100

According to a new study carried out by the University of Washington half of world’s population could face a food crisis by 2100. This may occur as rising temperatures would decrease crops yields in the tropics and subtropics. This is most worrying as the populations in these regions are growing at the fastest rate and …

Food shortages to threaten half Mankind by 2100 Read More »

How to grow more rice with less water

Rice is the most consumed cereal in the world and is the base of food for half the world population. It is also very water intensive. Meanwhile, water scarcity problems are already increasing in India and China, and will increase even more with climate change. So when the WWF writes a report on a method …

How to grow more rice with less water Read More »

%d bloggers like this: