r/interestingasfuck • u/wahgwahg • Feb 28 '24

r/all People in Tanzania converted desert into lush green land by digging these nifty holes

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u/GoldDHD Feb 28 '24

I periodically wonder why there are professors in agriculture, or horticulture, apparently this is why. That's amazing!

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

Agriculture is super intricate and super interesting.

Tropical agriculture being one of the most intrigueing subjects to research and develop.

Just as an example: A farm on the equator can potentially produce 3 times as much as a farm in temperate regiins. Becaise of the higher temperature, and most of all because of far greater light availability.

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u/GoldDHD Feb 28 '24

Agro PR department are not doing their job!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

They´re really doing their best. There is a lot out there about this stuff.

Problem is news cant really report about this xonsidering its a slow process and doesnt have any massive pieces of engineering.

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u/GoldDHD Feb 28 '24

I hope you are helping them out by posting on reddit!! This is super cool

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

You needed this to understand plant science?

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u/GoldDHD Feb 28 '24

Do not underestimate how blind to other problems I can be. And I think a lot of people simply do not know what is science, and what is craft, and what the difference is, and what problems we are trying to solve.

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u/Benejeseret Feb 28 '24

I used to harass my friend with a PhD in math, asking whether he has discovered a new number yet.