What is the Blue Revolution?
No politics I promise.
Today we face the daunting challenge of feeding nearly 8 billion people, and that number will grow to at least 11 billion by 2100. With already half of all the habitable land on Earth dedicated to agriculture, we're starting to run out of options. Could the Blue Revolution be our answer?
Learn more here: https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/TNC_EncourageCapital_TowardsABlueRevolution_FINAL.pdf
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