Type: Blended
PHASE: Define
CATEGORY: Health
Duckweed in Cambodia
Asia

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The project is a process on how to grow and harvest duckweed effectively in third world countries like Cambodia. It helps the farmers and the general public in terms of a potential new food source, income, and fuel.

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This will provide food sources for livestock and the people but also create jobs and bring in extra income.

According to research around the world, Duckweed or water lentils could be a possible source of clean energy. Its biomass is capable of doubling in as little as 24 hours and could almost grow exponentially. In terms of protein content duckweed is slightly behind soy beans by 35% but due to it's growth rate, it can produce 10 tonnes of protein per hectar per year as opposed to 1 tonne in soy beans. It is also high in vitamins and minerals and has 5 to 6 times higher starch content than corn, thus it's a good candidate for biofuel. It also functions as a biodigester by effectively filtering contaminants such as nitrogen, bacterias, phospohates, heavy metals, and other nutrients from naturally occuring bodies of water. It is often used as treatment to waste water and sewage water. The best thing about this plant is that it will grow almost anywhere there is water and perform it's filtering features and at the same time be food source of both humans and animals. Given all this information, we came up with a process that will help people from  Odongk, Kampong Speu, Cambodia grow this miracle plant. This process is low-tech and requires no maintenance at all. It will provide extra income, create jobs, filter contaminated water, and be a food source for both humans and animals. This would be a great match because Odognk is close to a major body of water, which is favored my water lentils.

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