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"Supercrops" / "green revolution" crops could use less irrigation / pesticides and suck nitrogen / carbon out of the air

By Hicbd
Mon Nov 7 2022 7:54 am

"It’s called pongamia, an ordinary-looking tropical tree with agricultural superpowers. It produces beans packed with protein and oil much like soybeans, except it has the potential to produce much more nutrition per acre than soybeans. It’s hardy enough to grow on just about any land, no matter how degraded, without any pesticides or irrigation. It not only removes carbon from the atmosphere, which combats climate change, but it also sucks nitrogen out of the air, so it usually doesn’t need fertilizer that accelerates climate change."

URL:
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/food-and-farms/this-super-tree-could-help-feed-the-world-and-fight-climate-change
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05980-7
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/green-revolution/

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Categories:
Business / Invention Idea Droughts Climate Change / Global Warming Impact / Philanthropy / Social Good Investing Capital Global Agriculture / Smallholder Farms Plants Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

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