Scientists have successfully grown rice in the harsh deserts of China’s Xinjiang region in half the time compared to conventional farming methods, a major step in the country’s campaign to ensure food security.
oh its in greenhouses, i don’t think that’s as impressive. however in an arid region with more limited arable areas, the cost proposition to putting a large proportion of it in greenhouses is a lot more favorable.
Presumably using greenhouses also makes it possible to maintained a controlled environment in case of extreme weather which will be an ongoing problem going forward.
yeah that’s going to have to happen a lot more with ‘unseasonable’ damaging conditions occurring at important early & late phases of the crop, starting it out in arid areas with smaller & strictly delineated arable spaces, and centrally managed irrigation resources is a good path.
oh its in greenhouses, i don’t think that’s as impressive. however in an arid region with more limited arable areas, the cost proposition to putting a large proportion of it in greenhouses is a lot more favorable.
Presumably using greenhouses also makes it possible to maintained a controlled environment in case of extreme weather which will be an ongoing problem going forward.
yeah that’s going to have to happen a lot more with ‘unseasonable’ damaging conditions occurring at important early & late phases of the crop, starting it out in arid areas with smaller & strictly delineated arable spaces, and centrally managed irrigation resources is a good path.