As a result of the world population growth in the next 100 years, it will be necessary to find more viable methods of food production. This report examines the prospect of using a sustainable oceanic farm to feed future populations. Advances in genetic engineering to develop salt-tolerant rice will allow rice to be grown alongside algae to feed the growing population. Future strides in robotics will be an enabling technology to manage and to make the farm viable. Economic models were constructed to determine if halophytic farming is viable as well as what factors affect our findings. Results of this modeling have shown that certain factors can be optimized in the future to make oceanic farming viable.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Terry, William Francis
• Thomas, Jeffrey Daniel
• Batchelder, Sidney S.
• Le, Robert

Subject

• Industry
• Innovation
• Food
• Water
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031212-191226

Keyword

• Food security
• Agriculture
• Farm management

Advisor

• Gennert, Michael A.

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-03-12

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright