The future of agriculture

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• The future of agriculture
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• Adapting to climate change and water shortages
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• Problems in common
• Invitation for co-operation
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• Faster
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• Part 1 Overview of Wicking beds
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Water Air Nutrients Microbes
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• How wicking beds work
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• Water wicks up to the root zone from an
  underground reservoir of water providing a
  gradient from saturated in the reservoir to dry
  at the surface
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• Roots growing in the moist soil have a continuous
  supply of water, oxygen and nutrients
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• A new horticultural system
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• Why is it important
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• Part 2 Fears about future Food Production
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• Climate shift
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• Competition for water
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• How real is the threat of food shortages?
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• Can we develop genetically modified drought and
  temperature tolerant plants?
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• Water will be the critical resource for future
  food production
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• The role of soil
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• Pathogens and disease
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• Pioneering species and competition
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• Living soil
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• Soils are the only solution that offers short
  term impact on global warming
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• The experts agree only soils can sequester
  significant amounts of atmospheric carbon in the
  next 30 years. Every other solution will take 30
  years to start shifting meaningful volumes.
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• Climate change in Australia
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• The key targets for Australia are to
• 1) Try and protect our Southern food production
  area from the increasing aridity.
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• All irrigation areas fully developed
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• Local water harvesting schemes
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• 2) Develop new agricultural land as the tropical
  summer rain belt moves further south.
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• 3) Accept that some agricultural land has to be
  aborted.
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• Part 3 The importance of Micro biology
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• Land degradation
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• Soil regeneration
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• No single solution must use a combination of
  methods
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• Water plays a crucial role
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• Micro biology regenerates soil
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• Part 4 Micro Hydrology
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• Sturt and Simpson deserts
• Importance of micro hydrology
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• Percolation holes
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• Water amplification
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• The key features are
• 1) Amplify water into a concentrated area
• 2) Transport water underground
• 3) Store water underground to protect from
  evaporation
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• Part 5 Sources of water
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• Part 6 The wicking bed technology
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• Applications
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• Part 6 Carbon capture
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• Paying farmers to absorb carbon ensures our
  future food supply and offsets our energy use.
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• Thank you for listening
• More information at
• www.waterright.com.au
• www.easygrowvegetables.com

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