Discover the Green Gold of Desert

Ridha Salih is the co-founder and director atGreen Management and Consultancy Inc., basedin Toronto, Canada.He has been recognized internationally forhis contributions to agricultural innovationand sustainability, including an invitation fromthe late President of Iraq, Mam Jalal Talabani,following his receipt of the International Award for Technologyand Quality.He is also the proud recipient of the prestigious President of theUAE International Date Palm Award (2010), honoring his role as aglobal leader in Date Palm research and technology.With a strong background in sustainable development andenvironmental innovation, Ridha has led numerous projects aimedat combating desertifi cation and enhancing agricultural resilience inarid and semi-arid regions. His passion for ecological transformationand rural revitalization is the driving force behind the Green Goldinitiative- introducing the Nopal Cactus as a revolutionary solutionfor food security, climate adaptation, and economic regeneration.Through this book, he shares a bold and practical vision for agreener, more sustainable future-rooted in nature-based solutionsand deep regional knowledge.Ridha has authored other important books in the fi eld of sustainabledevelopment and environmental innovation, including a manualon large-scale palm plantations and a study on desertifi cation inwestern and southern Iraq aimed at reducing dust and sandstorms