Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the ETH Zurich have shown this by tracking how agricultural exports from 1995 to 2022 affected land use changes in the producing countries.
Automation, increased working hours or the use of staffing agencies are some of the strategies that have been used by most of the farms with a lack of staff in the Australian countryside.
The research focuses on two plants from the mustard family that are known for their ability to absorb metal from the soil and incorporate it in their own tissues, a process known as phytomining.
