Australia’s “Top End” too dry to become food bowl

The dream of turning Australia’s tropical north into a major food bowl to replace drought-stricken southern farmlands and feed a future Asia has been shattered by a new report released on Monday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6170KD20100208?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29

Northern Australia Land and Water Science Review 2009

http://aqviva.dk/2010/02/northern-australia-land-and-water-science-review-2009/

Tags: Water Management

Oprettet on mandag, 8. februar 2010 .

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Australia’s “Top End” too dry to become food bowl

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