Doing Your Bit: A hydroponic pyramid
26 July 2019 |
6:02 am
A Burkina Faso entrepreneur has developed a hydroponic device that combines plant production, aquaculture and poultry farming: the agripyramid. It saves space, preserves the environment and produces high rates of return.
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