Portrait of a Nation: the Kuwaiti seeking to transform agriculture in the UAE – The National

Portrait of a Nation: the Kuwaiti seeking to transform agriculture in the UAE – The National

Abdulaziz AlMulla manages farms that use just five per cent of the amount of water needed in traditional agriculture. Favourite thing to cook: Duck l'orange. Favourite book: Give and Take by Adam Grant, one of his professors at University of Pennsylvania. Favourite place to travel: Home in Kuwait.. Three and a half years later, that leap of faith has transformed into Madar Farms, an agriculture technology company working towards food and water sustainability.. "I saw this video of an indoor farm while YouTube jumping and I contacted those people.. We've lost more than 60 per cent of our natural water reserves over the last 40 years and agriculture has been the main driver of that. Mr AlMulla spent the next six months travelling the world to research different, more efficient, ways to grow food.. Madar Farms grows hundreds of different fruits and vegetables in vertical indoor hydroponic farms, which use five per_cent of the water typically needed in standard agriculture.. "The food and water security numbers terrified me.. Community engagement and team work is key to the farm's success, Mr AlMulla said.. "You go one day and then the next day comes and you deal with those problems and then