Qatar’s quest for food security got a fillip yesterday with officials of South Korea’s Gyeonggi province and a local company signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish “vertical farming factories” in the country.
Khalid Ahmed Abdulah Misned, chairman of the Al-Ahmedia Trading and Contracting, signed the MoU with Gyeonggi vice governor Jae-Yul Lee in the presence of ambassador Keejong Chung and Kim Jong Chul, the president and CEO of Vegetech, a pioneer in vertical farming and other representatives from both companies at a ceremony in Doha .
After the signing, Misned said this South Korean method of agriculture was highly suitable for Qatar. “It will help grow most of the vegetables for the local market, thereby reducing the quantity of Qatar’s imports,” he said.
The Qatari entrepreneur was impressed with the vertical farming technology during his visit to South Korea last year. He believes that the technology will help in improving agricultural production in Qatar.
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