Omani women create an environment-friendly product
Source: https://timesofoman.com/article/129585-omani-women-create-an-environment-friendly-product
Omani women create an environment-friendly product that preserves soil moisture, Oman News Agency, ( ONA ), said.
A statement issued online by ONA said that the student company, Estidama, of the German University of Technology was able to create a gel product consisting of important plant nutrients and materials that helps balance out the imbalance that may occur to the soil or the plant with super absorbent materials to conserve water and maintain soil moisture.
Khulud bint Khalfan Al-Olayan told ONA that the product has a number of advantages represented in its superior ability to absorb and retain water to make the soil medium moist and suitable for plants.
She indicated that the idea of the product came from the reality of interest in the agricultural aspect in the community, where those who practice agriculture suffer from problems of water scarcity and lack of water sources as a result of the lack of rain that causes a decrease in the water level, whether in water or underground channels, which negatively affects the irrigation operations of farms and the consumption of electrical energy using pumping water equipment.