UAE: World’s largest indoor vertical farm opens in Abu Dhabi for R&D

UAE: World’s largest indoor vertical farm opens in Abu Dhabi for R&D

The facility consists of a grow chamber, precision indoor plants’ room, speed breeding room where trees are being grown

Published: Wed 15 Feb 2023, 7:14 PM

The world’s largest indoor vertical farm of its kind for research and development (R&D) has opened in Abu Dhabi’s industrial area of Mussafah.

The 65,000 sqft state-of-the-art R&D facility is New Jersey-headquartered AeroFarms’ first indoor vertical farm outside the US. AeroFarms AgX, launched with the support of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, is focused on bringing innovative research and development to the region.

Fadi Sbati, general manager AeroFarms AgX, told Khaleej Times that the facility aims to solve some of the World’s most pressing agriculture challenges.

“We are trying to substitute whatever happens in nature from weather, sunrise, the difference in temperatures and humidity, and try to simulate it indoors for a plant to grow healthy,” Sbati said.

The facility consists of a grow chamber, precision indoor plants’ room, speed breeding room where trees are being grown, R&D environmental growth chamber, R&D lab space etc.

“We are not producing at this facility. This is fully dedicated to R&D. Scientists, researchers and engineers will try to find proper algorithms for a perfect growth, and solutions for the industry. We are experimenting with