NAJRAN — Agriculture is among the important pillars of Saudi Arabia’s meals safety. Saudi crops have witnessed a rise in home demand and consumption, leading to profitable agricultural experiments for various farmers in varied areas of the Kingdom, together with Najran, which embraces many modern agricultural experiments to contribute to environmental sustainability.
The Saudi Press Company (SPA) met with farmer Ali Dhafir Al-Harith, who managed to create a mannequin farm planting about 2,000 espresso bushes and launched into increasing espresso plantations underneath palm bushes in cooperation with native farmers. He mentioned the farmers have realized that espresso plantations within the Najran area have a promising future commercially, because the Kingdom has set espresso manufacturing targets of round 2,500 tons by 2032.
Al-Harith referred to the success of espresso planting experiments within the area’s palm basins, the place greater than 100,000 espresso seeds have been planted or might be distributed to farmers. He mentioned the seeds are planted at distances of solely two meters from one another in order that an space of two,500 sq. meters can accommodate over 600 espresso bushes — an evergreen perennial plant that may stay for over 40 years.
Hamad Al Abbas, one other farmer, famous that what helped the success of his expertise in planting over 90,000 vegetation of natural stevia was the area’s environmental and pure traits, similar to soil fertility, water freshness and average climate He mentioned harvesting is finished 3 times a yr.
Nasser Al-Jilbab described his expertise in cultivating finger lime as a pioneering one throughout the Kingdom. The expertise of cultivating it within the area was profitable, noting that the plant belongs to the citrus household and is native to Australia. It’s a high-value fruit as a result of it incorporates a excessive focus of vitamin C. — SPA