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Qatar builds farms in the desert

2013-01-08 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Jean-Pierre Moreau grows flowers roses, gladioli and chrysanthemums out in the desert, about 30km west of Doha. At the request of the emir of Qatar, Hamad Ben Khalifa al-Thani, the Frenchman is producing 4m flowers a year with a workforce of 60, mainly from Nepal and India. Inside the 55,000 sq metres of greenhouses at Roza Hassad, the decor bears little resemblance to the stony, windswept landscape outside. At 30-second intervals the computerised control system adjusts the moisture and light...

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