
Middle-East
In the Middle East region the main issues related to agro production are horticulture water efficient production, self-sufficiency and food-safety. Protected Horticulture offers different technologies in this field like soilless culture combined with recirculation of drain water, alternative cooling methods and integrated pest management. Most projects in this region focus on these issues and the business unit Greenhouse Horticulture contributes to the design of demonstration and research facilities, the set-up research programmes and training of research and operational staff through capacity building.
General Middle East:
- News: Jordanian delegation visits greenhouse horticulture - 12 apr 2018
- News: Innovation in horticulture in Lebanon: more jobs for refugees - 29 Nov 2017
- News: Wageningen UR designs horticultural research centers in the Middle-East - 13 Feb 2015
- News: Improvement of water efficient cultivation in Lebanon - 12 Apr 2017
- News: Test and demonstrate water-saving in the Middle East - 11 Jan 2016
- News: Wageningen UR trains local staff for research facilities in the Middle-East - 23 Feb 2015
Egypt
- News: Decrease water emission in Egyptian vegetable production - 12 Jan 2015
- News: More efficient water use in Egyptian horticulture - 27 May 2014
- News: Horticulture in Egypt one step closer to IPM (Integrated Pest Management) - 3 Apr 2014
- Presentation: Adaptive Greenhouse Horticulture in arid climates
Saudi Arabia
- News: Towards sustainable and safe vegetable cultivation in Saudi Arabia - 30 Jan 2019
- News: New research greenhouse in Riyadh shows water-saving possibilities - 30 Jan 2018
- News: Wageningen UR designs horticultural research centers in the Middle East - 13 Feb 2015
- Report: Water saving greenhouse in Saudi Arabia
- Presentation: Adaptive Greenhouse Horticulture in arid climates
- Article: Second research centre in the Middle East in operation
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- News: Making horticulture in the Middle East more Sustainable - 18 Nov 2016
- News: Water-saving greenhouses in Abu Dhabi - 17 Mar 2016
- News: Progress of the construction of research centre in the Middle East - 24 Apr 2015
- News: Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture - 18 Feb 2015
- Presentation: Adaptive Greenhouse Horticulture in arid climates
Qatar
Turkey
- News: Science and the organic greenhouse sector meet at OGH 2016 in Izmir - 27 Oct 2015
- News: Turkish vegetable growers save water with the AquaTag - 22 June 2015