The impacts of introducing hydroponics to Libya s farms hortidaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hortidaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Green Paradise brings hydroponics to Libya Green Paradise brings hydroponics to Libya Under a yellow tarpaulin stretched over an arched metal frame, Siraj Bechiya and his partner inspect their hydroponically-grown lettuce, pioneers of the method in mostly-desert Libya where conventional agriculture struggles. Zip ties, punctured plastic cups as pots and PVC tubing bought in DIY shops hold the precious crops at Green Paradise so dubbed by the two young Libyan entrepreneurs spearheading the project. But the ad hoc nature of the materials hasn t stopped the plants from thriving, their long white roots nourished by water rich with nutrients and oxygen.
April 16, 2021
TRIPOLI (AFP) – Under a yellow tarpaulin stretched over an arched metal frame, Siraj Bechiya and his partner inspect their hydroponically-grown lettuce, pioneers of the method in mostly-desert Libya where conventional agriculture struggles.
Zip ties, punctured plastic cups as pots and PVC tubing bought in DIY shops hold the precious crops at ‘Green Paradise’ – so dubbed by the two young Libyan entrepreneurs spearheading the project.
But the ad hoc nature of the materials hasn’t stopped the plants from thriving, their long white roots nourished by water rich with nutrients and oxygen.
Bechiya and his partner, Mounir, have been working tirelessly on their project for months in the small town of Qouwea, 40 kilometres east of the capital Tripoli, erecting a tunnel-shaped greenhouse surrounded by breeze-block walls on a semi-arid site.
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