Imagine ordering your favorite cup of tea at the coffee shop, and the waiter replies: “Tea has gone extinct”! Can you cope with such a future?
We usually hear contradictory views on agricultural pesticides, with much focus on their hazards.
This fertile land, Egypt, daughter of the Nile, irrigated by its waters for thousands of years, was not in that remote past the land we know now.
Inventions, based on scientific creativity, laid the foundation for the progress of humanity in several domains, especially that of technology.
Lack of food leads to malnutrition, which causes damage to the functions of the body, and is common in the poorer and developing countries.
Although the food produced globally can feed the whole world’s population, one-third of all the food produced is either lost or wasted.
Learn the basic elements and factors that, if missing or available, the plant does not get affected and stays healthy and in a good condition.
Plants are not only necessary for the human environment, they are also the base of a sustainable life for all living organisms.
Lack of fresh and healthy drinking water is a serious problem that is addressed through a number of methods, such as digging lakes or wells.
Food security is a serious issue facing a growing population at a time of climate change, which is unpredictable and not fully understood.
The fertile soil of Egypt was an essential factor in helping ancient Egyptians farm a wide range of crops, which was positively reflected on the Egyptians’ health in general.
Child labor is a problem of a large magnitude. Chidlren have the right to attend school, be protected, and not be deprived from their childhood.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, have proposed growing furniture in vitro. They succeeded in cultivating plant tissues extracted from the fast growing zinnia plant.
Some farmers are shying away from their overreliance on chemicals in farming and instead turning to old farming methods; one being integrated rice-duck farming.
Gene editing in plants aims to increase their nutritional value and fruit size, as well as enhance their ability to resist diseases and pests, and prolonging their shelf life.
Farmers use hydroponics to grow plants that need hard-to-maintain soil conditions. This technique depends on growing plants in nutrient solutions with or without the use of an artificial medium to provide mechanical support.