Amman- 15 January 2019
A research team from the School of Natural Resources Engineering and Management at the German Jordanian University (GJU) implemented a research project about the use of renewable energy in soilless farming and the production of organic feeds that do not contain any synthetic chemicals.
The team implemented the project in an organic meat farm, owned by Mohammed Abu Assaf. The project aims at creating new methods to use renewable energy to increase the production of organic food and Feed, provide solutions to energy and water shortage, and poor agriculture in Jordan.
The project's supervisor, Dr. Ammar Al-Khalidi, pointed out that this project demonstrates the partnership between the private sector, the local community and the public sector, represented by the German Jordanian University, which adopts applied projects to improve the quality of life and create solutions for the society’s problems.
He added that the project is environmentally friendly and economically feasible, because of the use of the photovoltaic system to generate Electricity, where multiple designs have been made to build this system into a recycled cargo container to make it portable and thus easy to transport to the resort areas.
Al-Khalidi explained that the water consumption of this project is very little; it depends on simple sprinklers of water. The production process is conducted in a controlled atmosphere, which neutralizes the impact of weather factors.
These conditions contribute to the alleviation of the economic crisis through the production of green feed throughout the year, which reduces the cost of importing feed on Jordan. The product is considered suitable for human consumption and can be used in the extraction of antioxidants resistant to cancer.
The project team; Dr. Al Khalidi and students Ihab Darwish, Anas Awartani and Yazen Hanoun, seeks to promote the production of abundant quantities of natural feed to improve the quality of life of the Jordanian farmers and provide organic products in general, in line with the recommendations of the resident committee of the project.