The video shows Palestinian man Jihad Al-Najaa scooping a handful of Azolla aquatic ferns grown at his farm, in Khirbet Susya, south of the West Bank city of Hebron.

Al-Najaa is cultivating the Azolla plant due to soaring prices of animal feed. The plant has enormous potential as a livestock feed due to its high vitamin, protein, and amino acid content, in addition to its ability to grow without requiring inorganic nitrogen fertilisation.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Hebron- 26 February 2023. Palestinian man, Jihad Al -Najaa, 55, scoops a handful of Azolla aquatic ferns grown at his farm, in Khirbet Susya, south of the West Bank city of Hebron.

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Al -Najaa is cultivating the Azolla plant due to soaring prices of animal feed.

The plant has enormous potential as a livestock feed due to its high vitamin, protein, and amino acid content, in addition to its ability to grow without requiring inorganic nitrogen fertilisation.

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