AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Life On Land
KEYWORDS
fertile soil, clay-based treatment
COUNTRY
Norway
DESIGNED BY
Desert Control
WEBSITE
https://www.desertcontrol.com/
Desert control - creates fertile soil
The design makes is possible to turn dry lands into fertile soil by using a clay-based treatment
Many regions of the world are victims of their own geography. While some countries are blessed with fertile soil that serves as bread baskets for much of the world, others have little farmable land. Norway-based Desert Control has come up with a new technology that allows countries to turn their dry lands into ones that can sustain growth. Their revolutionary Liquid NanoClay treatment mixes clay with water in a special process. When LNC is sprayed directly onto dry, sandy land, the mix saturates the soil turning it into a spongelike fabric that retains water, and with it, nutrients. The result is farmable land that had previously been barren. Traditional methods of turning dry lands into fertile land takes typically between seven and fifteen years. Desert Control’s LNC accomplishes that in just seven hours. LNC has been field-tested in Egypt, China, and Pakistan. And in Dubai in March 2020, watermelon, zucchini, and pearl millet were planted in a patch of desert treated with LNC.