Kev loj hlob ntawm cov dej nrog cov dej ntsev feem ntau muaj lub sijhawm zoo rau tsev cog qoob loo. Tias yog vim li cas Red Sea Farms, Saudi Arabian ua liaj ua teb, tsis ntev los no tau nce $ 10 lab los ntawm ib pawg neeg ua lag luam los ntawm Saudi Arabia thiab United Arab Emirates.
Kev nqis peev hauv Red Sea Farms, nyob ntawm King Abdullah University rau Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Tshuab (KAUST), ib puas kilometers sab qaum teb ntawm Jeddah, yog ib qho ntawm AgTech kev nqis peev loj tshaj plaws hauv cheeb tsam txog niaj hnub no. Lub koom haum qhia txog kev txaus siab ntawm cov tub ua lag luam hauv cheeb tsam Gulf hauv cov kev daws teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv uas tuaj yeem teb rau cov khoom lag luam thoob ntiaj teb cuam tshuam vim, piv txwv li, muaj kev sib kis.
nws cov nyiaj txiag yog coj los ntawm ib pawg neeg ua lag luam los ntawm Saudi Arabia thiab UAE, suav nrog Aramco's Wa'ed venture peev peev, lub koom haum non-profit Future Investment Initiative Institute foundation, KAUST thiab Global Ventures, UAE venture peev pab pawg. Rau ntau tus neeg koom, qhov kev lom zem no yog ib qho ntawm thawj qhov kev nqis peev ntawm AgTech.
Ntsev hloov tshiab
Red Sea Farms tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 2018 nrog lub hom phiaj ntawm kev txo cov zaub mov tsis ruaj ntseg, cov pa roj carbon hneev taw thiab kev siv dej tshiab hauv cov khoom noj khoom haus thoob ntiaj teb thiab hauv cheeb tsam Gulf tshwj xeeb. Lub tuam txhab qhov tshwj xeeb txhua qhov kev loj hlob zoo siv cov dej ntsev feem ntau, txo cov dej haus los ntawm 85 mus rau 90 feem pua.
Lub patented system ntawm cov cuab yeej siv tau zoo dua rau kev tsim thiab siv lub hnub ci zog thiab saib xyuas cov qoob loo loj hlob tam sim no tso cai rau siv cov dej ntsev es tsis txhob siv cov dej tshiab uas feem ntau siv los ua kom txias cov tsev cog khoom thiab cov qoob loo dej.
Pilot tsev cog khoom
"Red Sea Farms 'kev cog qoob loo tuaj yeem nce nrawm thiab yooj yim hauv huab cua sov xws li Middle East, qhov chaw cog qoob loo tsis tuaj yeem ua tau lossis raug nqi. Peb yuav pib siv thev naus laus zis los loj hlob thiab ua lag luam txiv lws suav hauv Saudi Arabia, tab sis thaum kawg peb npaj yuav ua tiav cov txheej txheem loj hlob tuaj rau kev lag luam rau cov neeg nyiam thoob plaws ntiaj teb, "piav qhia pab pawg Red Sea Farms. "Cov nyiaj yuav raug siv los teeb tsa ntau tshaj li rau hectares ntawm kev ua lag luam cog qoob loo hauv Central thiab Western Saudi Arabia los ntawm kev tsim kho tshiab lossis kho tshiab ntawm cov chaw uas twb muaj lawm."
Lub tuam txhab tam sim no ua haujlwm hauv tsev cog khoom dej ntsev hauv KAUST Research & Technology Park.
Qhov kev nqis peev no yog thawj zaug los ntawm non-profit Future Investment Initiative Institute hauv high-tech horticulture. Richard Attias, CEO ntawm lub koom haum FII tau hais tias "Peb qhov kev nqis peev hauv Red Sea Farms ua tau zoo nrog peb lub luag haujlwm los txhawb kev pib thiab cov haujlwm uas tuaj yeem muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau tib neeg," said Richard Attias, CEO ntawm FII Institute. "Peb lub tswv yim triple 'Think-Xchange-Act' ua rau peb ua lub luag haujlwm txiav txim siab hauv kev lag luam tshiab. Peb zoo siab koom tes nrog King Abdullah University rau Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Tshuab thiab lwm pab pawg peev txheej los coj cov thev naus laus zis hloov pauv no mus rau kev lag luam. "
Red Sea Farms, KAUS spin-out thiab qhia los ntawm Kirchner Group, yog thawj zaug tsim los ntawm Tester, tus kws tshawb fawb cog qoob loo, thiab Lefers, tus kws tshaj lij hauv horticultural engineering. Ob leeg kuj tsis ntev los no tau txais Iyris Advanced Desert Greenhouses, lub chaw tsim khoom iav ntse tsim los ntawm Derya Baran raws li lub hnub ci thev naus laus zis thiab kho qhov muag. Piv txwv li, Baran, uas tseem koom nrog lub tsev kawm ntawv, tau los ua tus tsim ntawm Red Sea Farms.
Red Sea Farms tau txais $ 1.9 lab peev hauv 2019 los ntawm KAUST Innovation Fund thiab Saudi Arabia-based Research Products Development Company. KAUST, lub tsev kawm tshawb fawb ua thawj coj, yog tus tsim kho tshiab ntawm cov kev daws teeb meem loj zuj zus rau Middle East thiab lwm thaj chaw tsis muaj dej.
RSF tab tom daws cov khoom noj thiab dej sib txuas hauv thaj av, tab sis kuj nyob hauv thaj chaw uas huab cua txwv tsis pub muaj kev ua liaj ua teb. Rau peb, dab tsi stands tawm feem ntau ntawm lub tuam txhab yog lub unmatched trifecta ntawm kev daws. Co-founders, Dr. Mark Tester thiab Dr. Ryan Lefers, sib yuav lawv tus kheej cov kev tshawb fawb tshwj xeeb los tsim kev daws teeb meem ntawm kev sib tshuam ntawm engineering, cog kev tshawb fawb thiab kev tsim kho tshiab.