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IndiaPosted at: Sep 4 2016 8:59AM


Perils of booming seaweed industry – a warning

New Delhi, Sep 4 (UNI) A rising number of valuable uses being found for seaweed - from food and fertiliser to pharmaceuticals and industrial gels - is driving the rapid growth of an industry that could easily and needlessly drop into some of the same pitfalls previously experienced in both agriculture and fish farming.
Drawing on the expertise of 21 institutions worldwide, UN University's Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health, and the Scottish Association for Marine Science, a UNU associate institute, has published policy advice to the burgeoning, multi-billion dollar industry to help it avoid expensive mistakes and pursue best practices, backed by relevant case studies involving crops like bananas and shrimp.
The authors note that seaweed farms now produce more than 25 million metric tonnes annually.
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