Monitoring MENA was found after more than 10 years of extensive experience in research in the Arabian Peninsula followed by working for another 10 years at the manufacturing of research instruments for soil, water, plant and the environment. Carrying the innovative technology and high-tech sensors and monitoring systems back to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) was a challenge and enhancing the skills of scientists and researchers in MENA to professionally use these technologies was anothe