Chinese technology helps Qatar grow vegetables in desert

Southwestern China's Sichuan Province helped Qatar grow vegetables in the desert and reduce its reliance on imports. Qatar heavily relies on imports for vegetables due to its mild winters and hot, humid summers. It has been working with countries like China to boost its local production of vegetables.

Sichuan, a major agricultural base in China, helped Qatar by sharing its plant factory knowledge, thus realizing vegetable planting in the desert, and ensuring the sufficient supplies for the World Cup.

This agricultural technology is expected to be applied in Middle East, Central Asian countries in the Belt and Road Initiative, as well as Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia autonomous regions in China, according to chief scientist of the innovation team of the Institute of Urban Agriculture (IUA).