With searing temperatures and little rainfall, the UAE offers a challenging environment for agriculture – but an Emirati man has developed a system that offers high yields while minimising water use.
Mohamed Al Nuaimi has been granted a US patent for his cutting-edge design, which combines the growing of crops with the rearing of fish, and recycles water, waste and nutrients.
The set-up created by the Sharjah native is optimised through multiple sensors and artificial intelligence-based monitoring, and needs only 10 to 20 per cent as much water as traditional farming.
It is described by him as an agroponic system, being an advanced, computer-controlled form of aquaponics, which combines aquaculture, wh
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