Elevate Farms Partners with Tathmeer Agri Tech at SPARK for Sustainable Agriculture
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Elevate Farms Inc., a vertical farming technology company with operations in Canada, the United States, and Switzerland, has partnered with Tathmeer Agri Tech at Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SPARK) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This partnership is part of the newly launched Integrated Agri-Tech Innovation Centre, a platform bringing together smart agriculture, artificial intelligence, controlled-environment farming, applied research and development, technology testing, and commercialization.
The Integrated Agri-Tech Innovation Centre is designed to help companies, researchers, and investors localize technologies, test solutions, and create pathways to commercial deployment across the UAE and the wider region. Elevate Farms will bring its autonomous vertical farming technology and operating know-how to Sharjah. The company plans to construct a vertical farm within a 2,400 square meter footprint, which is expected to produce approximately 400 tonnes of high-quality leafy greens annually.
The project is designed to support local year-round production while using approximately 95% less water than traditional field farming, including processing and facility cleaning. This initiative is expected to save an estimated 95 million litres of water and 12 hectares of farmland each year. Food security, water efficiency, and sustainable agriculture are strategic priorities in the UAE, where water scarcity, limited arable land, and demanding climatic conditions create a strong need for controlled-environment agriculture.
The partnership is part of Elevate Farms' ongoing efforts to advance scalable indoor agriculture solutions designed to strengthen food sovereignty and fresh-produce supply chains. The company is also pursuing projects in other international markets as it expands the use of its autonomous growing platform.
The Integrated Agri-Tech Innovation Centre is intended to allow technologies such as vertical farming, hydroponics, AI-enabled monitoring, and other smart-farming systems to be demonstrated and validated under real operating conditions before broader commercial deployment. The Centre is a platform for companies, researchers, and investors to localize technologies, test solutions, and create pathways to commercial deployment across the UAE and the wider region.
Food security, water efficiency, and sustainable agriculture are strategic priorities in the UAE, where water scarcity, limited arable land, and demanding climatic conditions create a strong need for controlled-environment agriculture. The partnership is designed to combine Elevate Farms' technology with SPARK's infrastructure and Tathmeer's research, training, validation, and market-access ecosystem.
The project is expected to produce approximately 400 tonnes of high-quality leafy greens annually within a footprint of approximately 2,400 square meters. The initiative is intended to support local year-round production while using approximately 95% less water than field farming, including processing and facility cleaning, saving an estimated 95 million litres of water and 12 hectares of farmland each year.
The partnership is part of Elevate Farms' broader strategy to strengthen food sovereignty and fresh-produce supply chains through the use of advanced vertical farming technology. The company is also pursuing projects in other international markets as it expands the use of its autonomous growing platform.