It’s easy to think of agriculture as an industry stuck in the past; a business of crops and endless fields stretching into the horizon, with sunny harvests and vast, busy farms that haven’t changed the way they work for centuries or longer.
The UAE Government understands the urgent need to sow the seeds of innovation to provide a homegrown and reliable source of food for its rapidly growing population. Food security is among the most important issues facing countries around the globe, particularly those with climates that are less suited to traditional methods of farming.
Solutions need to be sustainable, practical and deliverable especially in water-scarce regions such as the UAE. Vertical farming represents a clear route to creating a sustainable and food-secure future, claims Kenny McCrae, managing director of IREP and IREPfarm.
IREPfarm, in working side-by-side with its long-standing and award-winning Agri-tech partner, Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), is pioneering vertical farming as an ideal solution to combat water scarcity, poor access to fertile soil and harsh elements – resulting in achieving greater levels of food security in the region.
A scalable technology, it’s possible to develop and successfully roll out vertical farming using a holistic and large-scale approach with greater and more secure access to fresher food, increased availability, a reduction in the number of imports and significant shortening of supply chains among the most direct and positive results.
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