Wahi a ka Food and Agriculture Organization o ka United Nations, ʻo Saudi Arabia kekahi o nā mea lawe nui loa i ka meaʻai ma ka honua, e lawe mai ana ma kahi o 80% o kāna mau meaʻai. ʻO kēia hilinaʻi ʻana i ka lawe ʻana mai ua lilo ka ʻāina i mea palupalu i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā kaulahao a me nā loli kumukūʻai ma nā mākeke honua. No ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia pilikia, ua hoʻopukapuka kālā ke aupuni Saudi i ka mahiʻai hoʻomau, me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
Ke manaʻo nei ka hui ʻo Red Sea Farms a me PIF e kūkulu i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hoʻomau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai paʻakai a me nā panela lā. E kūkulu ʻia nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma nā wahi like ʻole o Saudi Arabia, me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Jeddah, me ka nui o 10 miliona mau mika square. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai paʻakai a me nā panela lā e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai maʻemaʻe a me ka uila i loko o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, e ʻoi aku ka paʻa a me ka uku.
He nui nā pōmaikaʻi o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hoʻomau no ka mahiʻai. Hāʻawi lākou i kahi kaiapuni i hoʻomaluʻia no nā mea kanu, e hiki ai ke hana i ka makahiki a me ka hua kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ke kaiapuni i hoʻomalu ʻia hoʻi e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pesticides a me nā herbicides, e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka huahana a palekana no ka ʻai ʻana. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hoʻomau ma mua o nā ʻano mahiʻai kuʻuna, he mea maikaʻi loa ia ma nā wahi maloʻo e like me Saudi Arabia.
Hiki i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hoʻomau ke hoʻololi i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai o Saudi Arabia ma o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hilinaʻi o ka ʻāina i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā meaʻai a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka pono a me ka hoʻomau o ka mahiʻai. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o Red Sea Farms a me PIF he hana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia pahuhopu, a he mea hauʻoli ke ʻike i ka hopena o kēia hana i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai o ka ʻāina.