U.A.E How do you grow tomatoes in the desert? In the latest edition of our Food Technology podcast series, we spoke with Sky Kurtz, co-founder and chief executive officer at... Wamda • 09 June, 2019 Agriculture agritech podcast
U.A.E In conversation with Sky Kurtz of the UAE's Pure Harvest Pure Harvest Smart Farms is one of the first hydroponic farms in the Middle East region, growing tomatoes in a sensor-filled greenhouse. At... Triska Hamid • 23 January, 2019 hydroponics Agriculture agritech
U.A.E Smart farming for food security The UAE consumes more than 80 per cent of its freshwater resources to produce less than 15 per cent of its food supply according to... Triska Hamid • 11 December, 2018 farming hydroponics sensors
Global Startup Watch: Message from the Pharaohs, zombie startups, and indoor farming The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rana Freifer • 10 August, 2017 Startup Watch Coworking Spaces VC
Lebanon Agritech sprouts among Lebanon’s startups In the mountains of Broummana above Beirut, an entrepreneur is growing vegetables through his hydroponics invention that he hopes will... Brooke Anderson • 06 February, 2017 agritech hydroponics lebanon
Egypt Reclaiming Egypt’s rooftops: Al Bustani reaps urban farm profits In 2014, Housam Abul-Fotouh was in the Sinai desert building 72,000 square metres of greenhouses. He and cofounder Mohamed Ibrahim had... Rachel Williamson • 31 October, 2016 Al Bustani Egypt agritech