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From the Ted Talk by Jill Farrant: How we can make crops survive without water

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I believe that the secret to picrnuodg extremely drought-tolerant crops, which should go some way to providing food security in the world, lies in resurrection plants, pictured here, in an extremely droughted state. You might think that these plants look dead, but they're not. Give them water, and they will rersuecrt, green up, start growing, in 12 to 48 hours.

Now, why would I seuggst that producing drought-tolerant crops will go towards pivdronig food security? Well, the current world population is around 7 blilion. And it's estimated that by 2050, we'll be between 9 and 10 billion people, with the bulk of this growth happening in afcria.

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I believe that the secret to _________ extremely drought-tolerant crops, which should go some way to providing food security in the world, lies in resurrection plants, pictured here, in an extremely droughted state. You might think that these plants look dead, but they're not. Give them water, and they will _________, green up, start growing, in 12 to 48 hours.

Now, why would I _______ that producing drought-tolerant crops will go towards _________ food security? Well, the current world population is around 7 _______. And it's estimated that by 2050, we'll be between 9 and 10 billion people, with the bulk of this growth happening in ______.

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  1. producing
  2. resurrect
  3. africa
  4. billion
  5. suggest
  6. providing

Original Text


I believe that the secret to producing extremely drought-tolerant crops, which should go some way to providing food security in the world, lies in resurrection plants, pictured here, in an extremely droughted state. You might think that these plants look dead, but they're not. Give them water, and they will resurrect, green up, start growing, in 12 to 48 hours.

Now, why would I suggest that producing drought-tolerant crops will go towards providing food security? Well, the current world population is around 7 billion. And it's estimated that by 2050, we'll be between 9 and 10 billion people, with the bulk of this growth happening in Africa.

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