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Bringing agriculture to the desert
Green growth —
Joakim Hauge says skeptics have been won over after seeing the produce, like with these cucumbers.
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Securing food —
A worker collects the first barley harvested at the facility.
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Desert bloom —
The violet plant, Limonium axillare, takes salt up from the soil and excretes it through its leaves, a process that could be used to desalinate soil.
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Hope beacon —
The facility uses concentrated solar power plant, which is a system that focuses sunlight onto a small area with mirrors.
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Transplanting nature —
Virginia Corless, the science and development manager, working in the greenhouse. She says Qatar's environment acts as a harsh testing ground for the technologies.
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Liquid assets —
With the algae pond, researchers are finding ways to cultivate the organisms without the usual high costs and geographic constraints.
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Model system —
The design of the project is to have several technologies working together to address many issues at once.