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It is possible to make the desert green, the challenge begins in Morocco
The green lowers the ground temperature and the air above, absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reduces the risk of flood events Extremes and, when properly cultivated, offer another food reserve for the population. What else should you know to make your decision? invest as much as possible in this direction in the areas where it is lacking?
A few years in Morocco One was born Startups with an impressive name, “Sand to green“literally”Sand turns green“With an ambitious project, Cultivate the desert! The Sand-to-Green strategy is based on a few fundamental elements: Agroforestryand a method that integrates the cultivation of fruit trees and herbs in one space, maximizing biodiversity and resource efficiency. Cover crop cultivationa technique that allows you to grow different types of plants together to optimize space and increase production. The use of brackish water, a resource that is often abundant in coastal desert areas. Sand to Green busy Solar technologies For desalinate this water to make it suitable for irrigation. Fourth and final crucial aspect of their method, lSoil regeneration with green manurea mixture of compost, biochar and microorganisms that help awaken sterile soil.
During a five-year experiment on an area of five hectares in the south of Moroccoor they tested a variety of Attachment to identify the most suitable ones to this environment. The next goal is the expansion of the project to a commercial website 20 hectares, also in the south of Morocco. The startup’s techniques could be very useful in countries like… Mauritania, Senegal, Namibia, Egypt, on the Arabian Peninsula, in some areas of the United States and on the Mexican coast. You could also represent the beginning a real one”Running for Green” targeted Recover from the barren and desert earth those characteristics that make it fundamental to human existence. This without thinking about it the undisputed benefits for biodiversity and the climate the earth.