The new AeroFarms AgX R&D centre will employ over 60 engineers, horticulturists, and scientists to staff the laboratories conducting research into genetically modified crops and automated growing practices. The UAE announced a national food security strategy in 2018 and is doubling down on its sustainability efforts as it prepares to host Cop28 later this year. "In the UAE, you have boldness of 'let's do it bigger, better' and that was very attractive to us."Ību Dhabi has invested tens of millions of dollars into AgTech start-ups with a focus on technology-based solutions to boost food production, including automation, robotics and novel approaches to greenhouse and vertical farming. "There are few parts of the world where there's the belief of 'we can do anything'," he told The National at the time of the project's announcement. to commercialise new products for the region and the world,” David Rosenberg, the co-founder and chief executive of AeroFarms, said. AgTech company Silal to upgrade 80 farms in Abu DhabiĪdvancing indoor vertical farming, which relies on precise environmental control systems, less water and none of the pesticides used in traditional farming, could transform the region's potential as an agricultural producer.ĪeroFarms AgX, the New Jersey company's wholly owned subsidiary in the UAE, is part of a group of four AgTech ventures to share in a $150 million investment from Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio), announced in April 2020, to bring cutting-edge research to the capital to improve food security.Īerofarms R&D centre has opened in Abu Dhabi.ĪeroFarms' partnership with Adio "reflects our bigger commitment.
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