Ua hui pū kekahi hui ʻAigupita me kahi hoʻomaka Saudi e lawe i nā hana mahiʻai hoʻomau i ke aupuni.
ʻO Schaduf, kahi ʻoihana mahiʻai hydroponic ma Cairo, a ʻo Mishkat, kahi hui Saudi Arabian agritech, e hoʻonui i nā ʻano ʻano hua i loko o ke aupuni, e hoʻoikaika ana i ka mālama meaʻai o ka ʻāina ma o ka emi ʻana o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i nā mea lawe mai.
ʻO Schaduf ka hui mua i hoʻolauna i nā māla kūhelu - nā mea kanu i hoʻopili ʻia me nā mea kūikawā a me kahi ʻōnaehana irrigation i kūkulu ʻia - i ka mākeke ʻAigupita a ua hoʻonui ʻia i nā ʻāina ʻo Gulf e pili ana, me Saudi Arabia.
"Aia mākou i kēia manawa he hoa ma Saudi Arabia, Mishkat, a ua hana pū mākou i ka hydroponic organik, nā mea kanu a me nā ʻōmato ma waena o ka wao nahele i ka wā nui.
"ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia mau ʻano ʻenehana ma Saudi Arabia he manaʻo nui."
Ma hope o kona hoʻokumu ʻana i ka makahiki 2017, ua wehe ʻo Mishkat iā Naeem Farms, ka mahiʻai hydroponic organik mua i hōʻoia ʻia ma Saudi Arabia.
"I ka wā i kūkulu ʻia ai ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ua hoʻomaka nā hale hana, ua kālele mākou i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā hua organik mai nā mea hoʻolako maikaʻi loa o ka honua a hoʻāʻo i nā ʻanoʻano like ʻole a me nā ʻano like ʻole e hiki ai i nā mea e hana maikaʻi loa no ke kaiapuni ma aneʻi. "wahi a Fadi Ghalayini, ka hope pelekikena o ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana ma Mishkat.
ʻO kēia pule ke aupuni Waihona Puke Aupuni a me ka hui mahiʻai hoʻomau ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo AeroFarms i pūlima i kahi ʻaelike hui pū e kūkulu nā mahiʻai kū i loko i loko o ke aupuni a me ka ʻāina ākea o Middle East a me North Africa.
ʻO Schaduf kahi huaʻōlelo Arabic e wehewehe ana i kahi mea hana mahiʻai kahiko i hoʻohana ʻia e hāpai i ka wai mai ka Nile i ke kai haʻahaʻa.
"ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea hana irrigation mua ma ka honua a he hopena koʻikoʻi i ka moʻomeheu ʻAigupita," wahi a Mr Hosny. "Ke hoʻohana nei mākou iā ia ma ʻAigupita i kēia lā."
Pehea e hana ai ka mahiʻai hydroponic?
Hoʻopakele ka mahiʻai Hydroponic a hiki i ka 80 pākēneka o ka wai i hoʻohana maʻamau i nā ʻano maʻamau, wahi a Mr Hosny.
Ma ka wehe ʻana i ka lepo mai ke kaʻina hana a kau pono i nā aʻa i loko o ka wai momona, hiki ke ulu i ka meaʻai ma kahi kokoke i nā ʻāina i mālama ʻia. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻololi pololei i nā mea ulu nui me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka 70 a 90 pākēneka ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai ma mua o ka mahiʻai maʻamau.
ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "hydroponic" no ka Helene kumu - "hydro" ʻo ia hoʻi "wai" a me "ponic" ʻo ia hoʻi "hana".
ʻO kēia ʻano o ka mahiʻai, hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia ka wai ma ke kaomi hou ʻana i loko o ka aquifer, ka papa lalo o nā pōhaku wai i loko o ka lepo.
ʻO nā oases hydroponic ma nā wao nahele o Saudi Arabia
I ka makahiki 2020, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Saudi Arabia i ʻelua mau hana e pili ana i ka 2.5 biliona riyal ($ 665 miliona) e kākoʻo i ka poʻe mahiʻai a hiki i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā meaʻai i mea e hoʻoikaika ai i ka palekana o ka ʻāina.
"ʻO kekahi o nā ʻāpana a mākou e ʻimi nei e hāʻawi i nā ʻoihana ʻoihana no ka mahiʻai, e hoʻohui i nā pahuhopu palekana meaʻai o Saudi Arabia," wahi a Fares Bardeesi, ka mea hoʻokumu a hoʻokele hoa ma Sukna ventures, kekahi o nā hui hoʻokumu o Mishkat.
"Ke kanu wale nei mākou i nā hua organik a me nā hua non-GMO," wahi a Mr Ghalayini.
He 40 mau minuke wale nō ka mahiʻai ma waho o Jeddah a hoʻohana i ka nui o ka lā o ke aupuni no ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā mea kanu lāʻau a me ka pesticide ʻole.
Hoʻokumu nā mahiʻai i kā lākou wai mai nā pūnāwai a i ʻole aquifers e paʻa ai ka wai me ka kiʻekiʻe o ka paʻakai maʻamau.
Ua loaʻa ʻo Saudi Arabia ma mua o ka hapalua o kāna wai ma o nā ʻano desalination a hoʻomau i ka hoʻopukapuka waiwai nui i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hana i kēia mau mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Aia ke aupuni i kēia manawa kekahi o nā mea kanu desalination wai kai nui loa o ka honua, ʻo ia ka mea kanu Al Jubeil, kahi e hoʻohua ai i 1.4 miliona cubic mika i ka lā.
"He paʻakai ka wai a mākou e hoʻohana ai, no laila ke hoʻohana nei mākou i nā ʻano desalination," wahi a Mr Ghalayini.
Ke ʻimi nei nā hui ʻelua e hoʻolaha i ka ʻōlelo o ka mahiʻai hoʻomau ma o ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā papa hana no nā mahiʻai a me nā keiki kula ma kā lākou hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
"He mea nui ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā mahiʻai kūloko a me nā ʻoihana mahiʻai i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻo nā hopena waiwai a me nā mea e pono ai ke kaiapuni no ka wā e hiki mai ana e mālama i ka meaʻai a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kā mākou waiwai wai liʻiliʻi," wahi a Mr Bardeesi.
ʻO kekahi o nā hemahema nui o ka mahiʻai hydroponic, ʻo ia wale nō ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea kanu i hiki ke ulu pono me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana.
"Aia nā palena i ka hydroponics - ʻoi aku ka maʻamau no nā lau lau, nā ʻōmato, nā kukama a me nā pepa i kēia manawa," wahi a Mr Ghalayini.
Maikaʻi loa nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo organik, e hoʻokūkū ana me nā huahana organik ʻē aʻe ma ka mākeke ma ke kumukūʻai. Ke kūʻai aku nei kahi pūʻolo arugula he 250g no 13 rial.
Manaʻo ʻo Mr Hosny ʻo ka pōmaikaʻi nui loa o kēia ʻenehana mahiʻai ʻo ia ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka palekana o ka wai i kahi ea maloʻo.
"Ma ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i ka wai, ua hiki iā Schaduf lāua ʻo Mishkat ke hoʻemi i kā lākou inu wai a hiki i ka 80 pakeneka," wahi āna.
Ke emi nei ka wai ma ka Hikina Waena, me ka emi ʻana i nā makahiki he ʻumi ma muli o ke ea maloʻo o ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ka wela o ka honua a me ka maloʻo ke kau nei i ka palekana o ka meaʻai i ka pōʻino, me ka Unicef e ʻike nei i ka Middle East a me North Africa ʻo ia ka ʻāina liʻiliʻi loa o ka wai ma ka honua i 2021.
Ua ʻike nā ʻāina i hilinaʻi i ka wai maʻemaʻe i ko lākou mau muliwai i ka maloʻo a i ʻole e hakakā me nā pilikia kaʻana like ʻana i ka wai politika, ma kahi wahi i hana nui ai ka mahiʻai i ke ola socio-economic.