In Abu Dhabi, Dr. Dixon,
Saeed, and Ann Carr.
18 Nov 2010
After success in the UAE,
the imprinting process will
hopefully be extended to
include other nations of the
Arabian Peninsula, as well
as Africa, India, and China.
Unfortunately, transfer of
new technology is usually a
very slow process. Although
imprinting was invented in
1976, it has taken 34 years
for the transfer of this
technology to begin on a
large scale.
Royal Sheikh Oasis
Ann and Bob at camel farm
Sharja and agricultural experts in field of irrigated buffelgrass.
LAND IMPRINTING IN THE UAE
Robert M. Dixon
The Imprinting Foundation is currently transferring its imprinting technology to the UAE in a
massive project covering several thousand acres of degraded desert land. An imprinting air
seeder developed in Vienna, Austria will be at the heart of the project to begin just a few
days after this essay is dated. A mix of the following species are to be air seeded.
Annual Ryegrass
Buffelgrass
Desert saltbush
Annual rye grass is a cover crop which was included to stabilize the land imprints, whereas
buffelgrass and desert salt bush were included to provide forage for camel, sheep and
goats. The climate is like the Mojave Desert with only 3 inches of rain during the winter and
hot days during the summer. The project will include irrigated seed production in the UAE to
provide the greater seed volume and native species needed for such large projects. Click
on button for more pictures.
What’s Next?
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