Brazilian agricultural industry delegates currently in the UAE saw a farm this Saturday (September 21) where tomato, mango, banana, lemon, potato, corn, eggplant and a myriad of other plant and livestock products are grown in the desert lands of Abu Dhabi.
Led by Brazil’s Agriculture, Livestock and Supply minister Tereza Cristina, the delegation was welcomed by executives with company Elite Agro, including CEO Abdulmonem Al Marzooqi and Food and Agriculture division CEO Ian Summerfield. The farm they visited is Elite Agro’s Al Adla.
Besides the UAE, the group operates in countries including Serbia, Morocco, Ethiopia and Mauritania, and Tereza Cristina prompted them to invest in Brazil. The Brazilians were impressed with the plantations in the desert. Here at Al Adla, techniques for growing produce at high temperatures and in bad soil are many, from drip and center-pivot irrigation to climate-controlled greenhouses.