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Creating Chemistry Magazine 2020
Issue #9

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The population will continue to grow at high speed well into the future. Today, there are more than 7 billion people in the world, and by 2050 the number will increase to 9 billion. This means we will need significantly more food in the future, but the Earth’s resources are limited…

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Eine Frau läuft mit einem Korb voller Salat durch ein Feld. Ein mann läuft neben ihr.
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Innovations for a growing challenge
We need to feed more people from the same amount of arable land. Which technologies can help us improve yields in a sustainable way?      
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Professorin Luise O. Fresco sitzt auf einer Bank und schaut in die Kamera
“We can feed the world”
Professor Louise O. Fresco, President of Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, shares her vision.      
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Ein Feld voller Lowenzähne.
A world without insects?
We asked experts in different fields about what is causing these declines – and what we can do to reverse the trend.      
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Zwei Männer beobachten in einem Grünhaus Pflanzen.
The ten-year journey to a new fungicide
Crop protection plays a key role in improving yields. How does BASF develop products that are safe for people and the environment?      
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The digital farm
How do digital technologies help farmers around the world to increase yields and improve sustainability?
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Katherine Jara Steht in einer Autogarage
Changing young lives
A BASF project in Chile offers new perspectives to young people.
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Eine Nahaufname von Glasflaschen die aneinander platziert wurden.
Fragrance makers
Scents rule our emotions. We explore how they do it and how they can be produced synthetically.      
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Zusammengebunder Müll.
The value of waste
Waste mountains are growing rapidly. There is still a lot of potential for the intelligent reuse of plastic, electronic scrap and the like as raw materials.      
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