Land of milk and money: Qatar looks to farms to beat the Gulf boycott

Emirate ’s drive for food security is symbolic of its determination to make efforts to isolate it ‘a blessing inside a calamity’John Dore is off to Doha ’s vast and luxurious Hamad International airport to greet the 8pm flight from Los Angeles via Liège, Belgium.Wearing a straw hat with a small metal shamrock badge in homage to his Irish roots, his imminent visitors are neither family nor friends. Nor are they human at all, but rather a herd of 120 cows.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Qatar Middle East and North Africa World news Farming Farm animals Environment Agriculture Science Source Type: news