{"id":3828,"date":"2019-05-29T17:43:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T17:43:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-05-29T17:43:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T17:43:16","slug":"watch-saudi-arabia-turns-vast-desert-into-fertile-green-farmland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/media\/watch-saudi-arabia-turns-vast-desert-into-fertile-green-farmland\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Saudi Arabia Turns Vast Desert Into Fertile Green Farmland"},"content":{"rendered":"
The northern part of Saudi Arabia<\/a> has become a hub for fresh local produce. Al Jouf Province in particular with its vast olive and other fresh fruit farms is defying its desert surroundings. But it always wasn\u2019t this way.<\/p>\n Once little more than desert, this @googleearth<\/a> #timelapse<\/a> shows just how much agriculture has evolved in @AljoufSA<\/a> over the past few decades pic.twitter.com\/l5i0I985N2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 SAPRAC (@SapracOrg) May 28, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWe recently came across this gem of a time-lapse video that shows how the place transformed from being a barren desert in 1984.<\/h3>\n
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Up close these farms look something like forming perfect round discs<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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