How do you grow vegetables in the desert?
by Euronews
A Syrian farmer in the UAE is producing a variety of salad vegetables and herbs in the inhospitable climate and terrain of the region.
Amjad Alkhal, who works as an agricultural engineer at Emirates Hydroponics Farms, uses a hydroponic farming system – an innovative method of growing plants without soil – but instead using a liquid nutrient solution.
Chilled water passes through insulating tubes to nourish plants like lettuce, which are planted in a fibrous material called rockwool.