This reminded me to one of your posts about hydroponics. I wonder if the use of this technique would reduce the usage of water or it would mean the same thing. I don't know how many resources do they have in order to maintain a technology like this one, but when it comes to donating, it wouldn't be a bad idea to donate the technology instead of the money... a lesson learned to late I guess.
The problem is not the lack of water (which is the UAE's situation, therefore they adopted hydroponics), but the lack of basic management: Canals and pipelines should not be leaking. Instead of a bloated military budget, investing in better agricultural practices that are already in the market. Just following fundamental engineering principles would get them to a much better place. Hydroponics are far more expensive and technical to manage.
Exactly. So many of these problems are just a matter of standardized quality control which has been adopted everywhere since the 1950s. This is a problem that should never have happened.
This reminded me to one of your posts about hydroponics. I wonder if the use of this technique would reduce the usage of water or it would mean the same thing. I don't know how many resources do they have in order to maintain a technology like this one, but when it comes to donating, it wouldn't be a bad idea to donate the technology instead of the money... a lesson learned to late I guess.
The problem is not the lack of water (which is the UAE's situation, therefore they adopted hydroponics), but the lack of basic management: Canals and pipelines should not be leaking. Instead of a bloated military budget, investing in better agricultural practices that are already in the market. Just following fundamental engineering principles would get them to a much better place. Hydroponics are far more expensive and technical to manage.
Truly bizarre! No civil engineering basics practiced, it seems!
Exactly. So many of these problems are just a matter of standardized quality control which has been adopted everywhere since the 1950s. This is a problem that should never have happened.