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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1588" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/desert-greenhouse-uae/index.html" target="_blank">Can desert greenhouses defuse food security time bomb? - CNN</a>The annual <a href="https://www.gitex.com/" target="_blank">GITEX</a> trade show in Dubai is a celebration of all things technology, traditionally dominated by displays of innovations such as intelligent robots and flying vehicles.&nbsp; It is also a real-life social networking site for ambitious entrepreneurs seeking partners and buyers, such as Sky Kurtz, CEO of United Arab Emirates agritech start-up <a href="https://pureharvest.ae/" target="_blank">Pure Harvest</a>.&nbsp; Attending trade shows is expensive and offers no guarantees, says Kurtz, but he believes the trip this year was worth his while. &quot;I think it was a success,&quot; he tells CNN. &quot;We made contacts, and potentially a partner in Saudi Arabia.&quot; Pure Harvest had already secured <a href="https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/press-releases/story/Pure_Harvest_Smart_Farms_raises_175mln_to_invest_in_new_technologies_and_to_seed_its_expansion_into_Saudi_Arabia-ZAWYA20190918072908/" target="_blank">more than $7.5 million</a> in financing. Now the company is pursuing an ambitious international expansion plan that will require investment on a new scale.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1588, member: 1"] [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/desert-greenhouse-uae/index.html'][B]Can desert greenhouses defuse food security time bomb? - CNN[/B][/URL] The annual [URL='https://www.gitex.com/']GITEX[/URL] trade show in Dubai is a celebration of all things technology, traditionally dominated by displays of innovations such as intelligent robots and flying vehicles. It is also a real-life social networking site for ambitious entrepreneurs seeking partners and buyers, such as Sky Kurtz, CEO of United Arab Emirates agritech start-up [URL='https://pureharvest.ae/']Pure Harvest[/URL]. Attending trade shows is expensive and offers no guarantees, says Kurtz, but he believes the trip this year was worth his while. "I think it was a success," he tells CNN. "We made contacts, and potentially a partner in Saudi Arabia." Pure Harvest had already secured [URL='https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/press-releases/story/Pure_Harvest_Smart_Farms_raises_175mln_to_invest_in_new_technologies_and_to_seed_its_expansion_into_Saudi_Arabia-ZAWYA20190918072908/']more than $7.5 million[/URL] in financing. Now the company is pursuing an ambitious international expansion plan that will require investment on a new scale. [/QUOTE]

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