Gulf crisis one year on: Qatar steps up self-sustainability

One of the major challenges of the standoff came when the four blockading countries, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, stopped exporting fresh produce to Qatar.

That led to a push towards self-reliance on food.

Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon-Manley went to the Baladna farm in northern Qatar.

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