RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has entered the Guinness Book of World Records by creating the world’s largest sustainable farm, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.
The farm is an extension of the rejuvenated Aquaculture Research Unit in the Bin Hashbal Valley in the Asir region.
Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli received the Guinness World Records certificate of registration during a ceremony organized by the Saudi Reef Program at its headquarters in Riyadh. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Mansour Al-Mushaiti, Secretary General of the Reef Program Ghassan Bakri and other ministry staff.
The total area of the farm is over 3.2 million square meters, divided into two sections, each containing a concrete tank with a volume of 500 cubic meters and an automatic irrigation network for all the plants in the fields. The farm also has five air-conditioned and covered houses and other buildings.
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To irrigate the crops, the farm relies on treated water, where the process is carried out by experts and specialists in several stages. There are 50 fields with fruit trees and another 20 fields that will be restored and planted in the future.
The farm has a section for growing clover, lemons, oranges, tangerines, pomegranates, grapes, figs, almonds and olives.
