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Palestinian engineer resorts to biochar for planting strawberries in West Bank

STORY: Palestinian engineer resorts to biochar for planting strawberries in West Bank DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shady Atatra at his farm 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHADY ATATRA, Agricultural engineer 3. various of Shady Atatra at his farm 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SHADY ATATRA, Agricultural engineer 5. various of Shady Atatra at his farm 6. various of strawberries STORYLINE: To increase the production of his strawberry crops, the Jenin-based agricultural engineer Shady Atatra has resorted to "black gold" to establish the first-ever biochar farm in the West Bank. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHADY ATATRA, Agricultural engineer "The idea started after I built a strawberry greenhouse with biochar, so I built the second greenhouse in cooperation with Dr. Hisham Hajjaj. I collected the required biochar and then added certain types of bacteria that process the charcoal in order to finalize its acidity of it to be suitable for agricultural use." Bi

Palestinian engineer resorts to biochar for planting strawberries in West Bank

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