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DOI	10.3389/fpls.2020.00801
	Emerging Technologies to Enable Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture in the Extreme Environments of Middle East-North Africa Coastal Regions
	Lefers, Ryan M.; Tester, Mark; Lauersen, Kyle J.
通讯作者	Lauersen, KJ
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
ISSN	1664-462X
出版年	2020
卷号	11
英文摘要	Despite global shifts in attitudes toward sustainability and increasing awareness of human impact on the environment, projected population growth and climate change require technological adaptations to ensure food and resource security at a global scale. Although desert areas have long been proposed as ideal sites for solar electricity generation, only recently have efforts shifted toward development of specialized and regionally focused agriculture in these extreme environments. In coastal regions of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the most abundant resources are consistent intense sunlight and saline sea water. MENA coastal regions hold incredible untapped potential for agriculture driven by the combination of key emerging technologies in future greenhouse concepts: transparent infrared collecting solar panels and low energy salt water cooling. These technologies can be combined to create greenhouses that drive regionally relevant agriculture in this extreme environment, especially when the target crops are salt-tolerant plants and algal biomass. Future controlled environment agriculture concepts will not compete for municipal fresh water and can be readily integrated into local human/livestock/fisheries food chains. With strategic technological implementation, marginal lands in these environments could participate in production of biomass, sustainable energy generation, and the circular carbon economy. The goal of this perspective is to reframe the idea of these environments as extreme, to having incredible untapped development potential.
英文关键词	infrared solar evaporative desiccant cooling sustainability combinatorial farming algal biotechnology salt water agriculture
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000553057900001
WOS关键词	HIGH-RESOLUTION ASSESSMENT ; TOMATO ; EXPRESSION ; FREQUENT ; TRAITS
WOS类目	Plant Sciences
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325249
作者单位	[Lefers, Ryan M.; Tester, Mark; Lauersen, Kyle J.] King Abdullah Univ Sci & Technol, Biol & Environm Sci & Engn Div, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; [Lefers, Ryan M.] King Abdullah Univ Sci & Technol, Water Desalinat & Reuse Ctr, Biol & Environm Sci & Engn Div, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; [Lefers, Ryan M.; Tester, Mark] King Abdullah Univ Sci & Technol, Ctr Desert Agr, Biol & Environm Sci & Engn Div, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; [Lefers, Ryan M.] Texas A&M Univ, Texas AgriLife Res & Extens Ctr Dallas, Dallas, TX USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lefers, Ryan M.,Tester, Mark,Lauersen, Kyle J.. Emerging Technologies to Enable Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture in the Extreme Environments of Middle East-North Africa Coastal Regions[J],2020,11.
APA	Lefers, Ryan M.,Tester, Mark,&Lauersen, Kyle J..(2020).Emerging Technologies to Enable Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture in the Extreme Environments of Middle East-North Africa Coastal Regions.FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE,11.
MLA	Lefers, Ryan M.,et al."Emerging Technologies to Enable Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture in the Extreme Environments of Middle East-North Africa Coastal Regions".FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 11(2020).