Large Scale

(Article courtesy Inter Press Service, Washington, DC)

SCIENCE: VEGETABLE PODS MAY HELP SOLVE THIRD WORLD'S WATER WOES

By Susan Litherland

LONDON, July 14, 1995 (IPS) -- British researchers say a vegetable pod which grows on trees in Africa, Asia and Latin America may hold the key to solving a lot of the water problems in the developing world.