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Article: Where business is blooming. (high-tech agriculture in Jordan)
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- The Middle East
- Article date:
- December 1, 1994
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In water-scarce Jordan, hi-tech agriculture is fast becoming the rule. In recent years pioneering scientists and entrepreneurs are using this technology to make Jordan a leader in the region's flower industry.
A FLOWER IS BLOOMING in the desert. In fact, millions of flowers are blooming in the deserts of Jordan as this arid country's flower Industry moves rapidly towards its goal of becoming the most advanced - and profitable - in the region.
Jordanian flowers are now being said as far afield as North America and the Far East, and have even made a name for themselves in Holland and France. Jordan is currently the Arab World's biggest supplier of cut flowers, ...