by Ehsan Bayat | Apr 1, 2020 | Afghanistan, Agriculture, Business, Conservation, Crops, Farm, Middle East, Weather
In the fall of 2019, India’s onion crops suffered a 26 percent decline during the kharif and late-kharif seasons due to a monsoon and additional heavy rains that hit Maharashtra, Karnataka, and other Indian states that produce onions. The vegetable is common in Indian...
by Ehsan Bayat | Mar 12, 2020 | Construction, Energy, Infrastructure, Middle East, Technology, Travel
Neom, a Saudi Arabian city that officials call “the world’s most ambitious project” is under construction along the Red Sea shore in Tabuk, a northwestern province. Plans call for an urban center 33 times the size of New York City, with revolutionary innovations in...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jan 23, 2020 | Business, Energy, Healthcare, Middle East, Technology, Transportation
The Middle East’s start-ups are leading the way as the region becomes a world leader in innovation and the knowledge economy. While launching a start-up in the Middle East is not always easy, many entrepreneurs are successfully founding and building businesses that...
by Ehsan Bayat | Dec 19, 2019 | Afghanistan, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm, Infrastructure, Middle East, Technology, Water, Weather
Agriculture has a long, rich history in Afghanistan. Prior to the Soviet invasion in the late 1970s, agriculture comprised about 50 percent of the nation’s GDP. Afghanistan was also the world’s largest exporter of dried fruits and nuts at that time. However, in the...
by Ehsan Bayat | Oct 24, 2019 | Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm, History, Infrastructure, Middle East, Technology, Water, Weather
The roots of modern agriculture can be traced to the Middle East. There, farmers grew fruits, vegetables, and grains in the rich soil and prime conditions of the Fertile Crescent. In recent decades, however, climate change, industrialization, population growth, and...
by Ehsan Bayat | Oct 10, 2019 | Construction, Energy, Infrastructure, Middle East, Technology, Tourism, Transportation, Weather
A new city is rising out of the desert in Qatar. The country’s leaders are hoping this will help lead the oil-rich nation into a future with a more diversified economy that is less dependent on fossil fuels. Lusail City was first conceived in the early 2000s, the...
