Emirates opens world’s largest vertical farm in Dubai
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
    • Book Review
    • Brands
    • Earth
    • Explorer
    • Fact Check
    • Family
    • Food
    • Game Reviews
    • Good Practices
    • Habitat
    • Humour
    • In Focus
    • Luxury
    • Mode
    • Panorama
    • Pursuit
    • Wealth
    • Wellbeing
    • Wheels
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • Videos
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • COVID-19
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Thursday
February 02, 2023

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
    • Book Review
    • Brands
    • Earth
    • Explorer
    • Fact Check
    • Family
    • Food
    • Game Reviews
    • Good Practices
    • Habitat
    • Humour
    • In Focus
    • Luxury
    • Mode
    • Panorama
    • Pursuit
    • Wealth
    • Wellbeing
    • Wheels
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • Videos
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • COVID-19
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
  • বাংলা
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 02, 2023
Emirates opens world’s largest vertical farm in Dubai

Corporates

TBS Report
19 July, 2022, 04:50 pm
Last modified: 19 July, 2022, 04:56 pm

Related News

  • Emirates Skywards crosses 30 million members milestone
  • ACC to investigate Bangladeshi buying spree in Dubai's real estate sector
  • HC: Probe allegations of 459 Bangladeshis’ assets in Dubai
  • 459 Bangladeshis' properties in Dubai: Writ petition seeks probe
  • New year, cheaper beer: Dubai cuts alcohol tax

Emirates opens world’s largest vertical farm in Dubai

TBS Report
19 July, 2022, 04:50 pm
Last modified: 19 July, 2022, 04:56 pm
Photo: Courtesy
Photo: Courtesy

Emirates has launched the world's largest hydroponic farm, "Bustanica" in Dubai, a $40 million joint venture with Crop One, an industry leader in technology-driven indoor vertical farming.

Bustanica, a 330,000 square-foots hydroponic farm located near Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central, is geared to produce more than 1,000,000 kilograms of high-quality leafy greens annually while requiring 95% less water than conventional agriculture, said a press release. 

At any point in time, the facility grows in excess of 1 million cultivars (plants), which will provide an output of 3,000 kgs per day.

Bustanica is driven by powerful technology – machine learning, artificial intelligence, and advanced methods – and a highly specialised in-house team that includes agronomy experts, engineers, horticulturists, and plant scientists. A continuous production cycle makes sure that the food is very fresh, clean, and not grown with chemicals or pesticides.

Passengers on Emirates and other airlines can look forward to forking these delicious leafy greens, including lettuce, arugula, mixed salad greens, and spinach, onboard their flights from July.

Bustanica is not just revolutionising salads in the sky – UAE consumers will soon be able to add these greens to their shopping carts at the nearest supermarkets. Bustanica also plans to expand into the production and sale of fruits and vegetables.

The farm's closed-loop system is designed to circulate water through the plants to maximise water usage and efficiency. When the water vaporises, it is recovered and recycled into the system, saving 250 million litres of water every year compared to traditional outdoor farming for the same output.

Emirates now operates 21 weekly flights from Dhaka and via Dubai offers convenient connections to over 130 destinations worldwide.

Emirates / vertical farm / Bustanica / Dubai

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • International Monetary Fund logo : AP via UNB
    Bangladesh receives $476m as first instalment of $4.7b IMF loan
  • Representational Image. Photo: Collected
    Govt savings tool takes Tk3,000cr hit amid inflation
  • File photo
    Another shock for consumers as LPG price hiked by Tk266 per 12 kg cylinder

MOST VIEWED

  • MG Bangladesh launches 1st service campaign for customers
    MG Bangladesh launches 1st service campaign for customers
  • NRBC Bank will provide loan to exporters at 4% interest
    NRBC Bank will provide loan to exporters at 4% interest
  • MTB executes transaction with JP Morgan under US export–import bank (US EXIM) insurance coverage
    MTB executes transaction with JP Morgan under US export–import bank (US EXIM) insurance coverage
  • Photo: PR
    FBCCI, ApexBrasil sign agreement to boost bilateral trade cooperation, investment
  • Daraz appoints Talat Rahim as chief marketing officer
    Daraz appoints Talat Rahim as chief marketing officer
  • Photo: Courtesy
    Samsung unveils Galaxy S23 series

Related News

  • Emirates Skywards crosses 30 million members milestone
  • ACC to investigate Bangladeshi buying spree in Dubai's real estate sector
  • HC: Probe allegations of 459 Bangladeshis’ assets in Dubai
  • 459 Bangladeshis' properties in Dubai: Writ petition seeks probe
  • New year, cheaper beer: Dubai cuts alcohol tax

Features

Six Jeep Wranglers and a special XJ Jeep Cherokee set out into the depths of Lalakhal, Sylhet for an experience of a lifetime. Photo: Ahbaar Mohammad

Jeep Life Bangladesh: A club for Jeep owners to harness the power of their vehicles

8h | Wheels
While the Padma bridge in operation is changing the lives of millions in the south for the better, passenger rush to Shimulia ghat died down. Photo: Masum Billah

How are the Shimulia ghat businesses faring after Padma bridge?

10h | Panorama
After so many investments going embarrassingly wrong, as was the case with Sam Bankman-Fried, perhaps tech investors’ preference for less experience will wane. Photo: Bloomberg

Are you the next Steve Jobs? Good luck raising money in 2023

10h | Panorama
An elderly couple's lonely battle to save Dhaka's trees

An elderly couple's lonely battle to save Dhaka's trees

1d | Panorama

More Videos from TBS

A proper price formula can help investors to plan big

A proper price formula can help investors to plan big

49m | TBS Round Table
Mugging rife in Tejgaon, murder in Wari

Mugging rife in Tejgaon, murder in Wari

1h | TBS Current Affairs
Colorful display of SAGC

Colorful display of SAGC

1h | TBS Graduates
Rahul Gandhi ends Bharat jodo yatra

Rahul Gandhi ends Bharat jodo yatra

59m | TBS World

Most Read

1
Bapex calls candidates for job test 9 years after advert!
Bangladesh

Bapex calls candidates for job test 9 years after advert!

2
Leepu realised his love for cars from a young age and for the last 40 years, he has transformed, designed and customised hundreds of cars. Photo: Collected
Panorama

'I am not crazy about cars anymore': Nizamuddin Awlia Leepu

3
Photo: Collected
Energy

8 Ctg power plants out of production

4
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
Economy

IMF approves $4.7 billion loan for Bangladesh, calls for ambitious reforms

5
Photo: Collected
Court

Japanese mother gets guardianship of daughters, free to leave country

6
Fund cut as Dhaka's fast-track transit projects on slow spending lane
Infrastructure

Fund cut as Dhaka's fast-track transit projects on slow spending lane

EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2023
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net