Ukukhula emanzini ikakhulukazi ngamanzi anosawoti kunikeza amathuba amahle okulima i-greenhouse horticulture. Kungakho iRed Sea Farms, ipulazi laseSaudi Arabia, isanda kuthola imali eyizigidi eziyi-10 zamarandi eqenjini labatshalizimali abavela eSaudi Arabia nase-United Arab Emirates.
Ukutshalwa kwezimali emapulazini oLwandle Olubomvu, atholakala e-King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST), amakhilomitha ayikhulu enyakatho ye-Jeddah, kungenye yezimali ezinkulu kakhulu ze-AgTech esifundeni kuze kube manje. Umfelandawonye ukhombisa intshisekelo ekhulayo yabatshalizimali esifundeni saseGulf ezisombululweni ezisimeme zezolimo ezingasabela ekuphazamisekeni kochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwempahla emhlabeni wonke ngenxa, ngokwesibonelo, ubhubhane.
uxhaso lwakhe luholwa yiqembu labatshalizimali abavela e-Saudi Arabia nase-UAE, okuhlanganisa nesikhwama semali ye-Aramco's Wa'ed venture capital, isisekelo esingenzi nzuzo se-Future Investment Initiative Institute, i-KAUST kanye ne-Global Ventures, okuyiqembu le-UAE venture capital. Kwabaningi babahlanganyeli, le adventure ingesinye sezimali zokuqala ze-AgTech.
Usawoti esikhundleni sokusha
I-Red Sea Farms yasungulwa ngo-2018 ngenhloso yokunciphisa ukungavikeleki kokudla, i-carbon footprint kanye nokusetshenziswa kwamanzi ahlanzekile emkhakheni wokudla emhlabeni wonke kanye nasesifundeni saseGulf ikakhulukazi. Uhlelo oluyingqayizivele lwenkampani oluhlanganisa konke lusebenzisa amanzi anosawoti, okunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi ahlanzekile ngamaphesenti angama-85 kuya kwangu-90.
Uhlelo olunelungelo lobunikazi lobuchwepheshe obusebenza kahle kakhulu bokukhiqiza nokusebenzisa amandla elanga nokuqapha ukukhula kwezitshalo manje seluvumela ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi anosawoti esikhundleni samanzi ahlanzekile ngokuvamile asetshenziselwa ukupholisa izindlu ezibamba ukushisa nezitshalo zamanzi.
I-pilot greenhouse
“Izinhlelo zokulima ama-Red Sea Farms zingakhuliswa ngokushesha futhi kalula ezindaweni ezifudumele ezifana ne-Middle East, lapho izindlela zokulima ezijwayelekile zingenakwenzeka noma zingabizi kakhulu. Sizoqale sisebenzise ubuchwepheshe ukukhulisa nokuthengisa utamatisi eSaudi Arabia, kodwa ekugcineni sihlela ukuletha izinhlelo eziphelele zokukhulisa ama-turnkey ukuze zimakethe abantu abathakazelayo emhlabeni wonke, "kuchaza ithimba le-Red Sea Farms. "Uxhaso luzosetshenziselwa ukwakhiwa kwamahektha angaphezu kwayisithupha okulima kwezentengiselwano eCentral naseWestern Saudi Arabia ngokwakhiwa okusha noma ukwenziwa kwesimanjemanje kwezindawo ezikhona."
Njengamanje inkampani isebenzisa indawo yokuhlola amanzi anosawoti e-KAUST Research & Technology Park.
Lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kungokokuqala okuvela kunhlangano engenzi nzuzo ye-Future Investment Initiative Institute kwezolimo lobuchwepheshe obuphezulu. “Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwethu emapulazini oLwandle Olubomvu kuhambisana kahle nomsebenzi wethu wokusekela imizamo namaphrojekthi angaba nomthelela omuhle esintwini,” kusho uRichard Attias, oyi-CEO ye-FII Institute. “Isu lethu lesithathu elithi 'Think-Xchange-Act' lisenza sikwazi ukudlala indima ebalulekile emnothweni omusha. Sijabule ukubambisana neKing Abdullah University for Science and Technology kanye namanye amaqembu abalulekile okutshalwa kwezimali ukuletha lobu buchwepheshe obunguguquko emakethe. "
I-Red Sea Farms, i-KAUS spin-out futhi yelulekwa yi-Kirchner Group, ekuqaleni yasungulwa ngu-Tester, usosayensi wezitshalo, kanye no-Lefers, uchwepheshe wobunjiniyela bezolimo. Bobabili basanda kuthola i-Iyris Advanced Desert Greenhouses, umkhiqizi wezingilazi ohlakaniphile owakhiwe nguDerya Baran ngokusekelwe kubuchwepheshe belanga kanye nokulungisa ukukhanya. Isibonelo, u-Baran, naye oxhumene nenyuvesi, waba umsunguli we-Red Sea Farms.
I-Red Sea Farms ithole ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezigidi ezingu-1.9 zamaRandi ngo-2019 ku-KAUST Innovation Fund kanye ne-Saudi Arabia-based Research Products Development Company. I-KAUST, inyuvesi ehamba phambili yocwaningo, ingumsunguli omkhulu wezixazululo ezikhulayo eziqhubekayo zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi nezinye izifunda ezingenawo amanzi.
I-RSF ibhekana nokuhlangana kokudla namanzi esifundeni, kodwa nasezindaweni lapho isimo sezulu sikhawulela amathuba ezolimo. Kithina, okugqama kakhulu ngenkampani i-trifecta engenakuqhathaniswa yesixazululo. Abasunguli abambisene nabo, uDkt. Mark Tester kanye noDkt. Ryan Lefers, bashade nochwepheshe babo besayensi ukuze bakhe isisombululo ezimpambanweni eziyinkimbinkimbi zobunjiniyela, isayensi yezitshalo kanye nokusha.