Jill Farrant
Botanist & Drought Expert | Pioneering Resurrection Plants
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Jill Farrant is a world-renowned botanist pioneering research on resurrection plants. As a professor at the University of Cape Town, she has dedicated her career to understanding how certain plants can survive extreme drought conditions.
Farrant's breakthrough work has led to the development of innovative agricultural techniques that help increase crop resilience. Her TED talks have reached millions, inspiring audiences with the ingenuity of nature and strategies for mitigating the effects of climate change.
Farrant's keynotes provide a unique scientific perspective on sustainability and the future of food security.
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How we can make crops survive without water
As the world's population grows and the effects of climate change come into sharper relief, we'll have to feed more people using less arable land. Molecular biologist Jill Farrant studies a rare phenomenon that may help: "resurrection plants" -- super-resilient plants that seemingly come back from the dead. Could they hold promise for growing food in our coming hotter, drier world?
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