OTEC and SWAC/LWAC Plant for Food Insecurity - Food and Beverage - Food
The world needs to produce at least 50% more food to feed 9 billion people by 2050. Extreme droughts have devastated farmland in developing nations, leaving communities unable to keep livestock or grow crops for consumption. Many communities are relying on nutritionally inadequate food sources or are forced to endure prolonged hunger.
The Solution
FRESH WATER FOR FARMING
- Fresh water produced from a desalination unit helps increase food security.
- Grey Water (lesser quality water) can be used to irrigate crops and for fish-farming, which means agriculture and aquaculture can flourish.
- A lack of water has historically been a source of tension and a factor in conflicts. An adequate fresh water supply may reduce the risk of war.
