Floating Farms in Nicaragua & Costa Rica to Improve Nutrition (IMAGE)

Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health

Floating Farms in Nicaragua & Costa Rica to Improve Nutrition

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Cucumber and cantaloupe plants are grown on a raft in Costa Rica as part of a prototype for aquatic agriculture, which could increase food production without using freshwater beyond what normally evaporates from lakes.

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Dr. Ricardo Radulovich

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