Contact: Terry Collins
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Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health

Floating Farms in Nicaragua & Costa Rica to Improve Nutrition

Caption: Cucumber and cantaloupe plants are grown on a raft in Costa Rica as part of a prototype for aquatic agriculture, which could increase food production without using freshwater beyond what normally evaporates from lakes.

Credit: Dr. Ricardo Radulovich

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