by Ehsan Bayat | Jun 21, 2024 | Agriculture
The Middle East’s meat industry plays a healthy role in the region’s economy, reflecting its diverse culinary traditions and rich cultural heritages. From street food to religious feasts, meat holds a particularly prominent place in Middle Eastern cultures. Market...
by Ehsan Bayat | May 31, 2024 | Afghanistan
In Afghanistan today, the lives of men, women, and children remain fraught with serious challenges. Despite the severity of these issues, many nonprofit and aid organizations are committed to supporting Afghans with emergency relief and humanitarian development...
by Ehsan Bayat | Apr 22, 2024 | Energy
With deadlines for net zero targets growing nearer, there is a pressing global need to move towards renewable energy sources. Despite the MENA region’s vast reserves of fossil fuel resources, many Middle Eastern nations have already made major progress towards...
by Ehsan Bayat | Apr 8, 2024 | Crops, Farm, Middle East
Vertical farming is an agricultural process designed for sustainable food production. It prevents deforestation, promoting recycling, limiting spillage, and avoiding chemical use. In addition, vertical farming machinery and land transport generate very low emissions...
by Ehsan Bayat | Mar 25, 2024 | Afghanistan
Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) charities have provided a vital lifeline to people across Afghanistan in recent years, delivering aid and critical services following years of drought, natural disasters, and economic collapse that have left millions of people...
by Ehsan Bayat | Mar 11, 2024 | Water
Water scarcity is threatening the health and development of countries all over the world today. It occurs when communities lack adequate water resources to meet their daily needs, either due to inadequate infrastructure or because supplies are insufficient due to...
by Ehsan Bayat | Feb 7, 2024 | Agriculture
The pandemic disrupted food supplies around the world, threatening the 822 million people already experiencing chronic undernourishment, and posing an even greater danger to the 113 million people in need of life-saving food assistance. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jan 24, 2024 | Agriculture
Across the Middle East today, the agritech industry is seeing healthy growth as farmers, startups, major companies, and governments work to boost local production to meet future demand for food. Robots are being deployed to harvest crops in greenhouses and autonomous...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jan 5, 2024 | Agriculture, Conservation, Infrastructure
The world’s deserts are arid ecosystems that receive less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of annual rainfall. Although daytime temperatures in some deserts are extremely hot, climbing as high as 130 degrees Fahrenheit, after nightfall, temperatures typically...
by Ehsan Bayat | Dec 23, 2023 | Agriculture, Construction, Infrastructure
Talk about desert cities typically conjures images of the Middle East, from modern metropolitan oases like Dubai, to vital commercial hubs of the ancient world, like Petra in Jordan. Consisting of expansive areas of sand and little more, deserts are some of the...
