Currently, there is an elevated demand for cost-effective and eco-friendly strategies focused on the recovery of polluted soils [3]. Bioremediation uses the biological processes of living organisms to degrade chemical organic compounds that are toxic to the ecosystem, especially those of synthetic ...
The examples analyzed allow an assessment of the future prospects for urban agriculture in different economies, and different sociocultural and political contexts. Does the approach to managing urban agriculture in Kigali mirror that in Singapore? Are the patterns of urban agriculture development similar...
In Europe, the use of transgenic plants is strictly normed, and several countries are still denying the possibility of their use due to ethical concerns (the so called ‘GMO opt-out’). To overcome these problems, dsRNAs can be directly applied on leaves or fruits, offering shorter-term ...
Examples of Climate Change [27], Obesity [28], Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) [29] or controversies such as sugar [30] or glyphosate [31] illustrate at a high level the challenge of transforming science and technology into solutions without getting stuck in a quagmire of controversies. ...