Desert Greenhouse
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"The Desert Greenhouse turns wasted sandy land into arable land fit to grow 30 different kinds of fruits and vegetables."
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Key Facts
~ There is an increasing number of wasted desert lands in the world.
~ The Desert Greenhouse solution has been successful in providing vegetable and fruit supplies to people living in desert areas
~ More than 30 kinds of fruit and vegetables can be planted in Desert Greenhouse including: eggplant, tomato, pepper, cucumber, potato, leaf lettuce, watermelon.
~ In China, depending on individual productivity, an adult farmer can operate and manage about 3 to 10 standard Desert Greenhouse.
~ Xinjiang Shawan Oasis Sustainable Development Institute plans to scale up its Desert Greenhouse solution is more developing in desert countries.
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| A typical Desert Greenhouse coers a peice of desert land with a length of 30 meters and a width of 20 meters. |
Key Features
The Desert Greenhouse is great innovation that turns wasted sandy land into arable land to plant vegetables and fruits increasing the area of arable land and output of agricultural products with high quality.
According to scientific inspection and verification, many desert area possess good natural conditions which can be developed and utilized to build greenhouses. Due to scarce rainfall, straw, twigs, and other organic materials are valuable building materials in desert areas. Sand is, especially, an inexhaustible source for construction an cultivation substrate.
Using these cheap resources to construct greenhouses, planting can not only save costs for construction and operation, but also achieve organic cultivation. Thus, building greenhouses for vegetable production in the desert has very good social, economic, and ecological benefits.
Few organic substances are required for the growth of crops and sandy land. Grooves of a certain size and depth are dug, which can hold tree bark, sawdust, poultry manure, or oil cake mixed evenly with sandy soil. When fully fermented, this mixture creates a vegetative environment in which seedlings can be planted.
The Desert Greenhouse project is not only a great solution for the supply of agricultural products, but also a solution with great environmental and social benefits.
Social Impact
There is a increasing number of waste desert lands in the world, reducing the availability of agricultural land and agricultural yields. Thus, prices of agricultural products go up and the quality of life for low-income people decreases. Furthermore, people in many developing countries are forced to leave their homes because of the threat of desertification.
This solution will help overcome the challenge of desertification of turning wasted desert land into productive agricultural land. People will be able to make a better living from the so called "useless desert land" because of this innovative and profitable application.
The cost for a typical Desert Greenhouse is about $7,200 USD, which includes building materials and construction worker salary. If build in a larger number, the costs for greenhouses can be further reduced because of economies of scale. These expenses are very affordable in the proposed sales market, particularly when the investment return period is considered. Typically, a Desert Greenhouse investor can recover his/her investment within 3 years.
In terms of positive environmental impact, the Desert Greenhouse solution helps reduce and stop desertification and improves the environmental quality of desert communities.
Future Plans
Xinjiang Shawan Oasis Sustainable Development Institute plans to scale up its Desert Greenhouse solution in more developing desert countries with insufficient domestic food supplies through more cooperative project works with various individuals and organisations in environmental, conservation, and developing fields in the future.
We are also developing new technologies to make our Desert Greenhouse solution suitable for all desert regions with no ground water and underground water.
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