ʻO ka ulu ʻana i ka wai me ka nui o ka wai paʻakai e hāʻawi i nā manawa kūpono loa no ka mahi kanu kōmaʻomaʻo. ʻO ia ke kumu i hōʻuluʻulu ai ʻo Red Sea Farms, kahi mahiʻai Saudi Arabia, $ 10 miliona mai kahi hui o nā mea hoʻopukapuka mai Saudi Arabia a me United Arab Emirates.
ʻO ka hoʻopukapuka ma Red Sea Farms, aia ma ke Kulanui ʻo King Abdullah no ka ʻepekema a me ka ʻenehana (KAUST), hoʻokahi haneli mau kilomita ma ka ʻākau o Jeddah, kahi o nā hoʻopukapuka AgTech nui loa o ka ʻāina i kēia lā. Hōʻike ka consortium i ka ulu ʻana o ka hoihoi o nā mea hoʻopukapuka ma ke kahawai ʻo Gulf i nā hanana hortikultural hoʻomau i hiki ke pane i nā haunaele kūpina o ka honua ma muli o kahi laʻana.
alakaʻi ʻia ʻo ia e kahi hui o nā mea hoʻopukapuka mai Saudi Arabia a me ka UAE, me Aramco's Waʻed venture capital fund, ka non-profit Future Investment Initiative Institute Foundation, KAUST a me Global Ventures, kahi hui kapena ʻoihana UAE. No ka hapa nui o nā mea i komo, ʻo kēia huakaʻi kekahi o nā hoʻopukapuka mua AgTech.
ʻO ka paʻakai ma kahi o ka mea hou
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā mahiʻai ʻulaʻula ma 2018 me ka pahuhopu o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka palekana o ka meaʻai, ka wāwae kalapona a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai hou i ka ʻoihana meaʻai ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a ma ke kahawai ʻo Gulf. Hoʻohana ka ʻōnaehana ulu āpau āpau o ka ʻoihana i ka wai paʻakai, e hoʻemi ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai hou ma 85 a 90 pakeneka.
ʻO kahi ʻōnaehana i hoʻopili ʻia o nā ʻenehana kūpono no ka hana ʻana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka ikehu lā a me ka nānā ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka mea kanu i kēia manawa e ʻae i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai paʻakai ma kahi o ka wai hou i maʻa mau ʻia e hoʻomaʻalili i nā greenhouse a me nā mea kanu wai.
Hale hoʻoulu pailaka
"Hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia a maʻalahi a maʻalahi nā ʻōnaehana mahiʻai ʻo Red Sea Farms i nā anuanu mehana e like me ka Middle East, kahi e hiki ʻole ai nā hana mahiʻai maʻamau a waiwai ʻole paha. E hoʻohana mua mākou i ka ʻenehana e ulu a kūʻai aku i nā tōmato ma Saudi Arabia, akā i ka hopena hoʻolālā mākou e lawe i nā ʻōnaehana ulu turnkey piha e mākeke ai no nā poʻe hoihoi o ka honua holoʻokoʻa, "i wehewehe ai ka kime Red Farms Farms. "E hoʻohana ʻia ke kālā e hoʻonohonoho i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻeono hectare o nā hana mahi pāʻoihana ma Central a me Western Saudi Arabia ma o ka hana hou ʻana a i ʻole ka hana hou ʻana o nā pono e kū nei."
Ke hoʻohana nei ka ʻoihana i kēia manawa i kahi hale kōmahana hoʻāʻo wai paʻakai i ka KAUST Research & Technology Park.
ʻO kēia hoʻopukapuka ka mea mua mai ka Pūnaewele Initiative Initiative Initiative non-profit in hortikultura kiʻekiʻe-ʻenehana. "ʻO kā mākou hoʻokomo kālā ʻana ma Red Farms Farms e pili pono me kā mākou nuʻukia e kākoʻo i nā hana a me nā papahana i hiki ke loaʻa ka hopena maikaʻi i ke kanaka," wahi a Richard Attias, CEO o ka FII Institute. "ʻO kā mākou papahana triple 'Think-Xchange-Act" hiki iā mākou ke hana i kahi kuleana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻokele waiwai hopena hou. Ua hauʻoli mākou e launa pū me ke Kulanui ʻo King Abdullah no ka ʻepekema a me nā ʻenehana a me nā hui waiwai hoʻopukapuka e lawe i kēia ʻenehana hoʻokahuli i ka mākeke. "
ʻO Red Sea Farms, kahi KAUS spin-out a ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻia e ka Kirchner Group, i hoʻokumu mua ʻia e Tester, kahi ʻepekema mea kanu, a me Lefers, kahi loea i ka ʻenehana hortikultural. Loaʻa iā lāua ʻelua ʻo Iyris Advanced Desert Greenhouse, kahi mea hana aniani akamai i hoʻomohala ʻia e Derya Baran e pili ana i nā ʻenehana lā a me ke kani opua. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻo Baran, ka mea pili pū me ke kula nui, lilo i mea hoʻokumu o Red Sea Farms.
Ua loaʻa iā Red Sea Farms kahi kālā hoʻopuka he $ 1.9 miliona i ka makahiki 2019 mai ka KAUST Innovation Fund a me ka Saudi Arabia-based Research Products Development Company. ʻO KAUST, kahi kula noiʻi alakaʻi, he mea hoʻomohala nui o nā hopena e ulu mau ana no ka Hikina Waena a me nā wahi ʻili wai ʻē aʻe.
Ke kāʻei nei ʻo RSF i ka nexus a me ka wai ma ka ʻāina, akā i nā wahi hulihonua kahi e kaupalena ai ke aniau i nā hiki ke mahiʻai. Iā mākou, ʻo ka mea e kū nui i ka ʻoihana ka trifecta like ʻole o ka hopena. ʻO nā mea hui pū, ʻo Kauka Mark Tester lāua ʻo Kauka Ryan Lefers, i male i kā lākou ʻepekema ʻepekema ʻokoʻa e hana i kahi hopena ma ke kuʻina huikau o ka ʻenehana, nā ʻepekema mea kanu a me nā hana hou.