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But the direct result of this is that more attention is being paid to high-tech agriculture , where you can have farms in greenhouses .
“ So , in the next five years a lot of projects are coming up for greenhouses and indoor farming . So the farmers can export these products as well . Other than that , we have faced some difficulties , because of a 40 percent drop in the size of arable land . There was a complete stop in this area since 2008 to 2012 . Now we are over this crisis and are geared to start with high-tech farming .”
Agricultural player There was a time when Saudi Arabia was exporting cereals and wheat to other countries , but today it focus its strengths in a few main crops due to various regulations that control production in the Arab country .
It is now pursuing large investments in countries like Sudan , Egypt and Ukraine where projects involve the farming of alfalfa and wheat , which uses up most of the water in the soil . In addition to supplying raw material for agriculture , it is very cost-effective to produce in Saudi Arabia and El Azab believes Astrachem can be very competitive in this field .
Other factors such as Saudization have to be considered going forward , but other than that you can easily produce in Saudi Arabia and export to neighbouring Asian countries as well as the MENA regions .
El Azab said : “ Our main ports in Dammam and
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“ In the next five years a lot of projects are coming up for greenhouses and indoor farming ”
- Yehia El Azab , CEO
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