FUTURE SOIL® is on a mission to help turn deserts into farms by upgrading soil at the root level. Our easy to use liquid products hold water and nutrients, restore structure and biology, and scale fast through existing irrigation, cutting inputs while lifting yields for secure, resilient food production.
Why is turning deserts into productive farmland so critical? Because it strikes at the heart of climate resilience, food sovereignty, and economic security for nations. Countries in MENA and other arid regions are heavily dependent on imported food. The Middle East North Africa region already imports roughly 40% of its food calories, and under current trajectories with population growth and climate impacts, import dependency could reach 50% by 2050. Some subregions like the Maghreb could be 70% import dependent in that scenario. This heavy reliance makes nations vulnerable to global supply shocks and price spikes, eroding their sovereign food security. Moreover, water scarcity limits conventional agricultural expansion. Agriculture accounts for 70% to 90% of freshwater use in many Middle Eastern countries, a share that is unsustainable as aquifers are drained and rivers dry. Many countries have resorted to desalination for water, but providing irrigation at scale with desalinated water is cost prohibitive at around 0.40 dollars per cubic metre, roughly five times too costly for farming use. As one expert bluntly notes, you cannot use desalinated water for agriculture unless it drops to about 0.08 dollars per cubic metre. In short, without new solutions, arid region nations face an alarming future of food insecurity, economic strain from food imports, and water crises that could even spark social unrest or climate driven migration.
The urgency cannot be overstated. Consider the scenarios already emerging on the horizon.
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Impending food security crises. Rapid population growth and climate exacerbated crop failures risk frequent grain shortages and price shocks. The war in Ukraine, for example, exposed how quickly MENA’s imported wheat supply can be disrupted. By mid century, import dependence could hit record levels, leaving countries at the mercy of external markets.
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Climate migration. As once fertile lands turn to desert and water sources dwindle, rural livelihoods collapse. Already, desertification has displaced millions. In the Sahel, over 2.5 million people were internally displaced by 2020 due to land degradation, a twenty fold increase in two years. Future dust bowl scenarios in North Africa or the Middle East could force mass migrations to cities or across borders, with destabilising effects.
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Rising water costs. Water has become the new oil in arid regions. Groundwater is being exhausted, and expensive desalination is the fallback. Nations like Saudi Arabia and UAE have invested heavily in desalinated irrigation for high value crops, but scaling that to broadacre farming is economically untenable. The cost of water is effectively the cost of food production. Any technology that cuts agricultural water use by 20% to 30% translates directly into saved billions, and conserved energy, since desalination in the Middle East already consumes a significant share of total energy use.
These challenges illustrate why the time to act is now. Transforming deserts into arable, living soils addresses not just an environmental goal, but a strategic imperative. It builds climate resilience by buffering droughts and sequestering carbon, it enhances food self sufficiency by expanding domestic production, and it strengthens economic security by curbing the outflow of resources spent on importing food or pumping water. Restoring degraded lands is central to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Target 15.3 calls on the world to combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, and strive to achieve a land degradation neutral world by 2030. National programmes like the Saudi Green Initiative, which targets 10 billion trees planted and 40 million hectares restored, highlight the high level commitment to greening the desert. However, planting trees or crops will only succeed if the soil can support life. This is where FUTURE SOIL®’s approach comes in. It offers a science driven, ready now solution to turn dry, inert dirt into moisture rich, fertile soil, essentially to create farms where once there was wasteland.
FUTURE SOIL® Mission and Vertical Integration
FUTURE SOIL®’s mission is bold yet straightforward. Regenerate the world’s poorest soils and unlock new agricultural potential in even the harshest environments. The company approaches this mission as a fully vertically integrated chemistry innovator. FUTURE SOIL® does not just sell a product. It controls the entire chain from research and development of soil solutions, through in house chemical manufacturing and packaging, to logistics and on the ground deployment. This vertical integration is a strategic advantage for rapidly scaling up desert greening projects. By owning end to end capabilities, FUTURE SOIL® can ensure quality and consistency at every step while ramping up volume on demand.
For governments and large stakeholders, FUTURE SOIL® is scale ready from day one. The company has already built partnerships with global supply chains, ensuring that its liquid soil treatments can be produced in bulk and shipped swiftly to target regions. The solutions are liquid concentrates that integrate into existing agricultural operations easily. They can be transported in bulk in standard 1000 litre intermediate bulk containers or in smaller units as needed. This flexibility in packaging, from a farmer’s 1 litre bottle up to industrial totes, demonstrates a keen focus on practicality and scalability. There is no cumbersome equipment or exotic raw material that limits scale. FUTURE SOIL® products are compatible with common irrigation systems and farm practices, meaning deployment can piggyback on infrastructure that is already in place. As demand grows in a region, local blending and manufacturing can be established using FUTURE SOIL® formulations and protocols to reduce costs and build sovereign capacity in soil treatment solutions. This approach appeals to governments that seek immediate results and local economic development with long term self sufficiency.
In essence, FUTURE SOIL® positions itself not just as a seller of soil products, but as a partner in land restoration. The fully integrated structure means when a nation or project works with FUTURE SOIL®, everything from custom R and D to last mile application in the field is handled within one coordinated entity. For decision makers, this reduces complexity and risk. There is accountability and single point responsibility for results. Vertical integration means speed and confidence. Speed, because there are no bottlenecks waiting for third party suppliers. Confidence, because the same team that developed the science is overseeing its implementation on your lands. FUTURE SOIL® brings a complete package, ready to deploy at scale, which is exactly what is needed for ambitious initiatives like greening a million hectares of desert or rehabilitating a nation’s degraded farms.
The Technology
At the core of FUTURE SOIL®’s offering is a proprietary chemistry platform, a suite of four synergistic products that together re engineer soil structure, dramatically improve water retention, prevent nutrient loss, and jump start microbial life in soils. Each product targets a specific soil challenge, and combined they provide a comprehensive soil transformation toolkit.
Clay Breaker. A next generation liquid soil penetrant designed to break up compacted, heavy clay, or sodic soils. It infiltrates tightly bound soil layers and uses electrochemical action to flocculate clay particles and displace excess sodium that causes clay to disperse. In plain terms, Clay Breaker opens up hard, dense soil, allowing water and roots to penetrate deeply. Farmers have observed previously waterlogged or rock hard fields become friable within a day of treatment, with rain that used to pool on the surface now soaking in freely. This product offers an almost instant remedy to compacted land, achieving in hours what gypsum or deep ploughing might not accomplish in a year.
Sand Level. A moisture retention conditioner tailored for coarse, sandy, or hydrophobic soils that drain too quickly. It acts as a cationic moisture leveller, altering wetting dynamics so that water spreads evenly and stays longer instead of immediately leaching through. In sandy soils that normally behave like a sieve, Sand Level introduces a specialised matrix that changes surface tension properties and makes sand particles more hydrophilic. The result is more uniform moisture distribution, fewer dry patches, and greatly extended hydration in the root zone. Even in desert sands or coastal dunes, Sand Level helps hold water where plants need it, significantly reducing irrigation frequency. Its impact endures through heavy rains and multiple wetting drying cycles. Unlike common wetting agents that flush out after a few showers, Sand Level’s effects last on the order of six months before reapplication is needed.
Liquid Biochar. An activated carbon soil booster that delivers the benefits of traditional biochar in a highly available liquid form. This is a central pillar of the platform. Liquid Biochar is a concentrated suspension of micronised carbon particles that coat the soil and root zone upon application. It creates a carbon charged scaffold around root hairs that traps moisture and nutrients, effectively building a spongy reservoir of water and fertiliser where roots live. With high cation exchange capacity, these carbon particles hold onto nutrients like potassium, calcium, and ammonium, preventing leaching and releasing them slowly to plants. Liquid Biochar accelerates the rebuilding of soil organic matter and comes pre loaded with beneficial biology and minerals to kick start life.
Wood Vinegar. A natural biostimulant and soil microbial activator. Derived from the condensation of smoke in charcoal production, it contains a rich mix of organic acids and phenolic compounds that, when applied to soil or compost, can enhance beneficial bacteria and fungi, suppress certain soil borne pathogens, and support resilience. In the FUTURE SOIL® system, Wood Vinegar complements Liquid Biochar by feeding the soil microbiome, providing microbe fuel that accelerates the establishment of a living soil community.
Each component is powerful alone, but their true strength lies in synergy. FUTURE SOIL® treats soil as an integrated system of physics, chemistry, and biology. Clay Breaker fixes physical structure in heavy soils. Sand Level fixes water dynamics in loose soils. Liquid Biochar fixes chemical nutrient and carbon deficits. Wood Vinegar boosts the biological engine of soil life. Used together, they create a positive feedback loop. Open structure leads to deeper roots and better water retention, which allows carbon and nutrients to accumulate, which feeds microbes, which further build structure and fertility. These products work within the soil matrix rather than as superficial additives. The surfactants are designed to bind to soil particles, changing the soil’s own wettability. Clay Breaker and Sand Level both use high performance formulations with substantial active content to ensure a persistent effect. This focus on altering soil surface interactions means the soil continues to retain moisture long after initial application.
Liquid Biochar. The Turning Point
Among FUTURE SOIL® innovations, Liquid Biochar stands out for transforming formerly barren soils. Inspired by Terra Preta, the Amazonian dark earth, Liquid Biochar takes the ancient insight and updates it with modern carbon and carrier chemistry for today’s agriculture, especially in sands or depleted soils.
Liquid Biochar delivers ultrafine carbon particles suspended in a solution that ensures they bind to negatively charged soil particles rather than washing away. Upon application, it coats the soil matrix and root zone with carbon, creating a scaffold that increases the soil’s ability to hold water and nutrients. Sand that once had almost no capacity to retain moisture or ions starts behaving more like a loam rich in organic matter. Nutrients stay in the rhizosphere longer and irrigation water lingers where roots can use it. Farmers can reach the same growth with less fertiliser and less water.
It is more than charcoal in water. It comes with selected beneficial microbes and micronutrients, so applying it is akin to inoculating the soil with a probiotic and mineral boost as well as carbon. The result is rapid improvement in soil function. Organic matter builds, fertility rises, and stable carbon is locked underground for the long term. This offers agronomic gains and climate value by sequestering carbon in soils. In desert sands with almost no natural fertility or water holding capacity, Liquid Biochar creates a fertile substrate within the sand itself so that crops can establish and thrive.
Evidence and Results
FUTURE SOIL® solutions have been validated in field trials and farm applications in challenging conditions. Results show improved infiltration, better moisture retention, higher nutrient efficiency, deeper rooting, and increased yields. Examples include rapid reductions in soil strength and ponding after Clay Breaker applications, extended soil moisture and reduced leaching with Sand Level, and measurable gains in biomass and water holding when Liquid Biochar is included. Importantly, these outcomes are achieved at practical rates applied through standard irrigation or boom spraying, and visible changes often occur within days, with crop responses within the same season.
Desert Greening at Scale
FUTURE SOIL® solutions are liquid, easy to handle, and deployable via drip lines, pivots, sprinkler systems, boom rigs, water trucks, or manual application. A desert landscape can begin conversion to arable soil within a single day’s work. Apply Clay Breaker on a crusted clay flat and the next rainfall infiltrates instead of running off. Treat sand with Sand Level and water spreads laterally and holds at depth. Combine with Liquid Biochar and Wood Vinegar to build a living, carbon rich root zone. Seeding or planting can follow immediately, accelerating establishment and raising survival rates.
For national scale initiatives, large areas can be mapped, prioritised, and treated in phases using existing infrastructure. Doses are modest per hectare and can be timed with irrigation or natural rainfall. Within one growing season, formerly bare areas can show ground cover, deeper roots, and stable moisture profiles. For high value crops, typical outcomes include double digit percentage water savings and yield improvements, producing strong returns while lowering risk.
Strategic and Economic Implications
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Food security and sovereignty. Unlock new arable land and revive degraded soils to boost domestic production, reduce exposure to import volatility, and retain value within national economies.
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Water conservation and cost savings. Achieve more crop per drop, ease pressure on aquifers, cut energy use linked to pumping and desalination, and defer costly water infrastructure.
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Environmental and ESG benefits. Contribute to land degradation neutrality targets, climate goals through soil carbon gains, biodiversity via healthier soils, and cleaner water by reducing nutrient runoff and dust.
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Economic development and jobs. Create skilled roles in application, manufacturing, monitoring, and agronomy. Support new value chains around reclaimed farmland and potential local blending facilities.
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Sovereign capability and resilience. Build local capacity to produce soil solutions from regional feedstocks where feasible, reduce dependency on imported inputs, and strengthen national resilience.
Vision and Call to Action
FUTURE SOIL® envisions deserts as frontiers of growth. The toughest soils on Earth can thrive with crops and vegetation through smart chemistry and a regenerative approach. The science is proven, the products are ready, and the deployment pathways are clear.
We invite governments to integrate this solution into national programmes. We invite NGOs and development banks to fund soil rehabilitation that underpins food security and climate adaptation. We invite private investors and operators to use FUTURE SOIL® to maximise productivity per unit of land, water, and nutrients. The cost of inaction is higher than the cost of rapid deployment.
Turning deserts into farms is a grand challenge and an extraordinary opportunity. FUTURE SOIL® brings the tools to meet it now. Let us work together to green arid lands, secure food and water for future generations, and demonstrate how innovation aligned with nature can restore the world’s living skin.