Welcome to the “last of us” of scientists sought to determine how the inhabitants of the urban areas could survive in a self -sufficient way thanks to the cultivation of the earth in case of an important disaster such as a nuclear explosion, an apocalyptic solar storm or a severe pandemic.
They have thought about vegetables whose calories and protein intake would be the most useful for survivors and how they should organize their space. Experts have registered their conclusions in a study published on May 7 in PLOS One magazine.
Do not forget the fuel
For them, in case of “sudden global disaster that interrupts the circulation of goods”, peas, potatoes, spinach, wheat, carrots and sugar beets are among the species that must be favored in the orchards. The authors of the works, cited by future sciences, also estimated that 9 % of the cultivable area should be …