{"id":400702,"date":"2025-12-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=400702"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:22:19","slug":"al-ain-aims-to-boost-desert-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/al-ain-aims-to-boost-desert-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Ain aims to boost desert agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Abu Dhabi \u2013 A research and development center in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, has signed an agreement with a global agritech company to promote climate-smart agriculture and accelerate desert farming solutions, state news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAM<\/a> reported. The deal was made between Silal\u2019s Innovation Oasis (iO), a local agricultural technology center, and Square Roots, which specializes in modular, climate-controlled farming systems using artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to WAM, the partnership marks a step forward in the UAE\u2019s efforts to strengthen food security, increase water efficiency, and build a cutting-edge agricultural innovation ecosystem. The agreement will combine Oasis\u2019s desert farming expertise with Square Roots\u2019 international leadership in its sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the partnership, Square Roots will install a multi-zone, cloud-connected, AI-operated research facility at the iO site. The facility will serve as a national testing center to accelerate innovations in indoor and desert agriculture, enabling parallel experiments with desert-adapted crops, low-light genetics, modular controlled-environment farming systems, and generative AI technologies for the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collaboration also aims to speed up the commercialization of more resource-efficient agricultural solutions for adoption across the UAE. Among other initiatives, Square Roots\u2019 \u201cNext-Gen Farmer Training Program\u201d will be adapted to the local context, training Emirati scientists, agronomists, and farmers. A research and development farm using Square Roots technology will be established at the Innovation Oasis complex to serve as a platform for the entire collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazils-dux-reaches-fintech-world-cup-final\/\">Brazil\u2019s DUX reaches FinTech World Cup final<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-400697\">\u00a9Karim Sahib\/AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Emirati city\u2019s agricultural tech center, Silal\u2019s Innovation Oasis (iO), signed an agreement with Square Roots to promote indoor and desert-adapted farming innovations and conduct experiments with desert-suited crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":400697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[10274,8265,13644,8266,3850,35968,9579],"class_list":{"0":"post-400702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-innovation","8":"tag-agriculture-en","9":"tag-ai","10":"tag-al-ain-en","11":"tag-artificial-intelligence","12":"tag-desert","13":"tag-inteligencia-artificial-en-2","14":"tag-uae-en"},"wps_subtitle":"The Emirati city\u2019s agricultural tech center, Silal\u2019s Innovation Oasis (iO), signed an agreement with Square Roots to promote indoor and desert-adapted farming innovations and conduct experiments with desert-suited crops.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}