FT Food Revolution
Desalination is becoming a more viable source of fresh water
For decades it’s been hoped that seawater could be desalinated at scale, to provide drinking water and irrigate crops. Desalination plants still only provide a fraction of the world’s fresh water, largely because they’re expensive to build and use a lot of energy. But as the FT’s Gill Plimmer explains, advances in technology and green energy efficiency mean desalination is now becoming a more viable proposition.
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FT Food Revolution
FT Channels, a partnership destination that combines impactful and enriching multimedia content to spark curiosity and encourage discovery. Each vertical brings expert insights from the Financial Times and our Partners into the most pressing issues of our time.
FT Food Revolution is a video channel looking at the people and businesses working to create a more sustainable food system - from tackling food waste and environmental health, to sustainable farming and food security. The channel alternates between independent reporting from FT journalists and expert posts from Rabobank.