Growing food in polar regions one topic for global forum

The focus on how to feed the world’s growing population from a limited arable area is usually on Africa and other tropical or arid countries.

However, how to produce food in the polar regions is the topic of one of the innovators at next week’s Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) in Abu Dhabi.

Scientists from the University of Arizona will share their experiences of operating a food growth chamber at the NSF Amundsen-Scott New South Pole Station for nine years.