A greenhouse using water evaporated from plants to cool the crops could lead to farmers using 90 per cent less of the precious resource. Unveiled on Monday by Dubai’s International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture, the system would mean enormous savings for a country in which 56 per cent of water used goes on agriculture. The greenhouse, being built on a farm in Al Dhaid, has been designed by a team of local and international scientists.…
New greenhouse can save farmers in Middle East 90 per cent on water
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