Jellyfish Barge by Pnat

New Method for Crop Cultivation that Doesn't Rely on Soil, Fresh Water, and Chemical Energy Consumption, According to Pnat

TheJellyfish Barge, if you have not heard word about it, is one potential worldwide food and water solution, which deserves high praise. Here is what the designers an biologists at the think tank Pnat set their stage, citing World Bank population projections.

"The World Bank predicts that the world population will grow to almost 10 billion in the next four decades. By 2050, the global demand for food is expected to be 60-70% higher than today.Scarcity of waterand cultivable land are the main obstacles to meet the quantitative and qualitative shifts of the world's demand. Agriculture is the human activity that relies most on the existing water resources. The scarcity of arable land and fresh water for agriculture is being exacerbated by changes in the climate, exposing many areas to increased risks and contribute to make them even more vulnerable to the problem of water and food security."

Unfortunately, this is not a matter of idle conjecture. These are hard realities facing our population in the middle of this century.

Enter the Jellyfish Barge, a holistic platform improving water and food security of coastal communities. It is a module for crop cultivation that doesn't rely on soil, fresh water, and chemical energy consumption, according to Pnat.

Floating, Water-Purifying Greenhouse

The Jellyfish Barge happens to be a floating agricultural greenhouse. It can purify salty, brackish, or polluted water using solar energy, and is built using low-cost technologies and "simple materials." The foundation structure of the Jellyfish Barge is a wooden base, some 70 meters square, which floats on recycled plastic drums. Above water is a glass greenhouse for crop cultivation.

Source: CleanTechnica

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