Photo: VeggiTech hydroponic farm for growing tomatoes in the UAE. Photo supplied by VeggiTech.

Growth spurt coming: Agri-experts betting on large-scale IoT-enabled vertical farming for UAE food, water security


DUBAI - We’d need to grow a lot more edible crops to feed the expected 9.7 billion people who will live on Earth in 2050, from 7.7 billion in 2019, according to United Nations estimates.

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Vertical farming
Food Security