Growing demand for year round organics in Qatar
“We are very proud that this is the only system developed by the Qatari people, until now, to produce all types of vegetables all year long,” Agrico managing director Nasser Ahmed al-Khalaf told Gulf Times on the sidelines of the fifth Qatar International Agricultural Exhibition (Agriteq 2017).
Agrico, a private local Qatari agricultural development company established in 2011 with the aim of helping Qatar achieve food security, operates a 12 hectare organic farm in Al Khor.
Al-Khalaf said the technology is capable of growing vegetables and fruits even during the summer using different types of cooling systems.
To produce more, the company is aiming to have bigger land, a 1mn-sqm area, in partnership with other farm owners.
Al-Khalaf hopes to have a 10mn-sqm facility for agricultural production in about 10 years.
“If we reach that, I guarantee that we will have sufficient supply of vegetables in the country,” he stressed, adding that Qatar will not only achieve zero import but also start exporting."
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