In 2022, Dubai unveiled the world s largest vertical farm. The 31,000-square-meter indoor facility at Dubai s Al Maktoum International Airport, comprised of trays stacked in towers growing plants with minimal water and soil, produces more than 2.2 million pounds of high-quality leafy greens each year.
Set to be the world’s largest vertical farm, the “GigaFarm” will transform waste streams, such as food scraps and sewage, into agricultural products like compost, animal feed, clean water and energy.
A vertical farm has been showcased at Cop28 by a UK firm to help farmers in the Middle East grow crops and reduce water usage.The “gigafarm”, launched by the ReFarm group of companies working with Edinburgh-based Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS.
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