It is a prime lesson of the horticultural engineering that has adorned the exposition 2020 in Dubai since the commencement of last month : a beat - mellow conical biotope houses 10,000 edible plants in the middle of the Dutch marquee . With this strange creation , various horticultural suppliers are show how they can aid the realm to make its nutrient provision more sustainable .
With permission of Berndnaut Smilde and lensman Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk , this unbelievable artwork work includes 5 - 10 micron droplets , supported by the MJ - Tech installment . portion out horticultural knowledgeGrowing in extreme outside temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius ; to many people , it sounds like a fairy tale , but thanks to horticultural technology , this has been potential for years . However , this story is still quite unknown . By participating in the Expo 2020 in Dubai , Bom Group , Hoogendoorn Growth Management , and MJ - Tech , among others , are showing that it can be done . Many people will guess that it is much too hot to rise vegetable in the desert , or that there is scarce any water usable . Actually , that is very true , but with the right horticultural technique it is potential , says Jurnjan van den Bremer of MJ - Tech . The troupe produces high - pressure fogging systems that frown the temperature in nursery and optimise the produce climate . " peculiarly in these type of climate , you want to make the best use of the available water to develop food , " he says . Safely grown food"Because of all the late developments in the world , people here also realise that sufficient solid food , but particularly safely grown food is very important , " adds Rob de Wit of Bom Group . " Given the local mood condition in the Gulf region , this is certainly not an leisurely project . " He experience what he is talking about : Bom Group love its direction around the Middle East . For example , they see the Pure Harvest Smart Farms project , a jailor lettuce and tomato glasshouse of over 40,000 m2 , and are now working on the second phase . For the enquiry facility ' The Water Saving Greenhouse ' in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , they equipped several research section with their semi - closed Air in Control clime organization . “In this region , achieving the most efficient and sustainable output is essential , " confirms Angela Barendregt of Hoogendoorn . The horticultural mechanization company is a market loss leader in the Middle East and sees chance to further increase the sustainability of the intellectual nourishment supply in the region with their IIVO process computer . " Plants are very good at indicating which resources they need at any given time . If you include that feedback , you’re able to employ resource very efficiently and thus make your finish more sustainable . "
Left Foaud Ababou , Sales Manager Middle East and Right Angela Barendregt , Projectmanager International Business & Strategy , at the IIVO - unconscious process computer at the Pavilion . Many techniques used to make cultivation in the region more sustainableIn the impressive Cone , all of these come to the fore . Oyster mushrooms grow on the interior of the cone - shaped cultivation installation and various eatable plants grow on the Cone itself . This is possible thanks to the sophisticated irrigation system of the Cone , patronise , ply , and set up by Bom Group . " The irrigation is fully robotlike and controlled 24 hours a day so that it gives exactly the desired amount at the exact hope time , " Rob demonstrates . And that ’s necessary because , with temperature uprise well , water and nutrients are critical to the plants . An additional advantage is that the irrigation organisation also stool the climate in the Dutch marquee a lot more pleasant , he say . The becloud system from MJ - Tech also contributes to this . By dispersing fine mist in and around the cone , the temperature drops , and a growth - favorable clime is make that prevent the plant clean . " That ’s exactly how we can also control and optimise the climate and cultivation in greenhouses , " says Jurnjan . Moreover , the plant can be supervise worldwide 24/7 . With the Hoogendoorn IIVO process automation , sensor , and smart cameras , they demonstrate in tangible life how they use the feedback from plants to optimize cultivation . " This allows us to supervise and analyse the situation in and on the Cone in real - sentence , " says Angela . " We see the thousands of comestible plant and continuously record the clime conditions both inside and outside the Dutch pavilion . We collect all that data in the IIVO procedure reckoner , and with that we help control the culture again . "
Realizing the Cone was an amazing project . exposure are provide by Bom Group , who instal the complete drip irrigation , hooks and plant pots before the plants go far .
For more information : Bom Groupwww.bomgroup.nl
MJ - TechNieuwe Donk 54879 AC Etten - LeurNetherlandsTel . : +31 ( 0)76 597 45 03[email protected]www.mjtech.nl
Hoogendoorn Growth Management[email protected]www.hoogendoorn.nl
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