Space explorers need to be space farmers
Mar 06, 2020
Space exploration will require life support systems, in which plants can provide nutrients, oxygen, moisture, and psychological well-being and eliminate wastes.
Etiqueta: agriculture
Producing more food in a sustainable way is possible
Mar 06, 2020
Biotechnological tools such as gene editing or synthetic biology will contribute to increase agricultural production in a sustainable way.
Plants on demand
Mar 06, 2020
The introduction of CRISPR/Cas gene-editing technology has provided a new approach to crop improvement and offers possibilities for obtaining varieties.
Agriculture of the future
Jul 22, 2019
Guaranteeing access to food for a growing human population – based on sustainability criteria and in the face of the climate change threat – is the main challenge for twenty-first-century agriculture. The solutions are inevitably complex, require a variety of coordinated measures, and are dependent on the development of technologies.
A good deal for agrarian diversity
May 27, 2019
As in the good times of the old agrarian relations, the Regional Department of Agriculture of the Valencian government offers a deal to the land labourers interested in preserving diversity in the field: traditional horticultural seeds in exchange for information.
Our red radishes
Nov 16, 2018
Enjoy red radishes: we look for some seeds among friends and make room for them in out garden so we can have them almost at any time of the year.
Tasty rhizomes
Mar 01, 2018
The Educational Unit of the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia proposes cultivating ginger and turmeric using the rhizomes we can find at the market.
Planting a vegetable garden at home
Dec 30, 2017
If you want to create your own vegetable garden, the Educational Unit of the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia offers some advice on how to start it.
The appeal-to-nature fallacy
Dec 19, 2017
This article reviews the basics of EU regulations on organic food production and concludes that, for the most part, they mislead the consumer and are not science based.
Following the thread: the Silk Road in Valencia
Dec 13, 2017
Valencia's importance in the old Silk Road has helped the city to become a participant in the UNWTO Silk Road Programme, an initiative that joins territories and research projects from Japan to Portugal. Experts take the opportunity to remember and promote Valencian landscape and historical and artistic heritage.
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