• spittingimage@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It says exactly what the point is in the article: reducing dependence on imports when there’s not enough arable land to feed a population.

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      1 year ago

      Urban farming is the way to go for that. Modern crop plants are really very efficient organisms. It is doubtful that lab growing cells (which is hardly free of overhead) can come anywhere close to competing with that.

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        1 year ago

        Urban farming . . . in Qatar?

        But I agree that this should be compared with hydroponics systems with efficient water recycling.