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Yumewomiteru t1_iv8ouir wrote

Chinese scientists' research on agricultural sustainability is really paying off. First we hear about growing rice with salty water and now this, this will go a long way in solving world hunger!

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MyBallsAreOnFir3 t1_iv9cmnf wrote

We don't actually need to grow more food. If we want to "solve world hunger" we just need to distribute the food we have better.

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Helasri t1_iv9pruh wrote

Its easier to grow food there than ship it from the other side of the world

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sunshinebasket t1_iv9mfwl wrote

Err, how about advances like this so more area to grow that is closer to human settlement? Instead of trucking it around from major “good basket”?

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fuzzybunn t1_iv9pvxc wrote

This has been a thing for Millenia, and yet people still starve. Trying to get the people in power not to hoard resources is a pipe dream even Jesus, Mohamad or the Buddha couldn't solve.

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progreziv t1_iva555d wrote

Yes! As much as CCP is vile. They’re doing everything they can on research front as they have 1.5 billion humanity to feed and this will benefit the world in the end too.

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