Water scarcity impacting agriculture sector in Saudi Arabia

Yehia El Azabi, CEO of Astrachem talks about water scarcity and agricultural sector in Saudi Arabia.

He says, “But the direct result of this is that more attention is being paid to high-tech agriculture, where you can have farm in greenhouses. So, in the next five years a lot of projects are coming up for greenhouses, indoor farming. We have faced some difficulties, because of a 40% 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. “