The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has signed an investment contract for the first “coffee city” in the Kingdom.
The deal with the Agricultural Cooperative Society in Baljurashi, which lasts for 15 years, was signed under the patronage of Abdul Rahman Al-Fadhli, the Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture, and in the presence of Undersecretary for Agriculture Ahmed Al-Ayada.
The ministry said that the agreement aims to achieve sustainability of agricultural products and crops, encourage agricultural investment, develop vegetation cover, create local job opportunities, and enhance the role of cooperative societies in the Kingdom.
The agreement includes the cultivation of 300,000 coffee arabica seedlings and pomegranate trees on a 1,662,373-square-meter site in the village of Mashuqa, in Al-Qura governorate, Al-Baha.
It will include a model farm, an integrated nursery for cultivating coffee seedlings, and an industrial center that includes workshops, warehouses, a business center, on-site accommodation, a training center, and a mosque.
