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What if the best fertilizer was an algorithm?

Laxmi Parida · TED

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Beset by plunging biodiversity, pathogens and skyrocketing populations, our global food supply is at risk — but solutions that rely on chemicals and GMOs come with their own problems. Laxmi Parida proposes an organic solution instead: math.

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Institution
TED
Department
TED@IBM
Speaker
Laxmi Parida
Year
2016
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Biology
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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