How could the Sahara Desert be used as a productive farmland?

Much of the Sahara Desert is stone - so it would be no more use as productive farmland than a paving slab. However, it's important not to get stuck in the idea that farming requires soil. read more

Much of the Sahara Desert is stone - so it would be no more use as productive farmland than a paving slab. However, it’s important not to get stuck in the idea that farming requires soil. Sand would be largely useless anyway, as it is almost sterile. In fact plants are made of air, water and sunlight alongside trace nutrients. read more

Workers at the Sahara Forest Project’s pilot facility in Qatar. (Sahara Forest Project) Surrounding the greenhouses would be almost 5,000 acres of outdoor vegetation and crops, much of which would be free-ranging revegetation of the desert land. read more

Most people imagine the sahara as a huge sandy area completely covered in dunes. Indeed the desert is far more variegated. Although the dunes cover about the 10-15% of the desert, in the Sahara you can also find mountains, rocky plains, salt plains and wet areas. read more