Although vertical farms produce more crops per acre of soil, they use far less land and water resources as well as their ability to produce crops throughout the year. However, according to the 2021 CEA World Census report, vertical farms consume on average 38.8 kWh more energy per kilogram of products than conventional farming, which has an average energy consumption of 5.4 kWh per kg.
Publications
The book titled “Shaikh Hamad bin Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain 1932-1942 News and Press Coverage”, by the late researcher Saqr bin Abdullah Al-Maawda constitutes a qualitative effort in portraying the achievements of the late His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, by analyzing the content of what was published by the local and foreign press about his rule in that era.
The Arab Gulf countries have attached great importance to disaster management at the collective Gulf level, including the establishment of the Emergency Management Center in the Gulf Cooperation Council, which aims to deal with natural and environmental disasters and support decision-makers with scientific facts before, during and after these incidents to take appropriate measures…
When the history of the press in the Kingdom of Bahrain is reviewed, the English-language press is rarely talked about, and when it is mentioned in a few lines, some people mistakenly believe the first English-language newspaper in Bahrain was the Gulf Mirror newspaper issued in 1971, which continued to be published until 1987, so we must acknowledge that record in history of the Bahraini press to clarify it.
The challenges of food security in Finland have become a topic of great importance to decision-makers, and Finland has transformed from a country suffering from serious repercussions for food security to a country to be a role model in the field of industry and food innovation and one of the first countries in the world in the food security index since the past ten years…
The regional state of the cities reports aims at analysing the state of urbanisation, depicting major regional urban conditions, trends and impacts, and identifying obstacles towards achieving sustainable urban development.
The overall objective of the report titled ‘The State of Arab Cities Report 2022: Financing Urban Infrastructure to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda’ is to investigate the challenges encountering the urban economic and financial frameworks of Arab countries at the regional, national, and local levels, including how they have been impacted by COVID-19 and how to unleash their growth potential and stimulate their prosperity.
The echoes of the earthquake disaster that struck parts of Turkey and Syria attracted the attention of countries all over the world, not only given the magnitude of that disaster, which as when this article was written left more than 50,000 dead and thousands injured, but also hundreds of stories and human tragedies that resulted from that disaster…
The strategic planning goes beyond the concept of policymaking, the latter may be for the short or medium term, but strategic planning is more comprehensive and many studies have unanimously agreed that those in charge of the strategic planning process in general are responsible for answering several questions….