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Project milestones, partnerships and visits from Green Silicon Valley Agriculture.
H.E. Dhafer AlQasimi, Chief Executive Officer of Silal, and an accompanying delegation were welcomed in Shouguang, China, known as the “Hometown of Vegetables”.
The two sides discussed the next steps of their agricultural cooperation, and the delegation visited modern greenhouses to see the high-efficiency production systems that the Green Silicon Valley Industry Park in Al Ain adapts for desert conditions.
Investment in Phase I of the Green Silicon Valley Industry Park in Al Ain has been completed, and a greenhouse cluster covering 100,000 square metres has been built.
Developed jointly with Silal, the park combines a localized “Shouguang Model” greenhouse system with AI-assisted growing, water-saving irrigation, soil improvement and photovoltaic power. It already reaches water-use efficiency above 90% and yields more than three times those of traditional planting.
Green Silicon Valley Agriculture and Silal are jointly developing a comprehensive agricultural science and technology park in the Al Ain region, built around the idea of empowering desert oases with technology.
When it reaches full capacity, the park is expected to raise the UAE's fruit and vegetable self-sufficiency by 15 to 20 percent and create more than 500 jobs.
A high-level delegation from the United Arab Emirates visited China to learn about the full vegetable industry chain behind the Shouguang Model.
The programme covered seed and seedling showrooms, fresh produce displays, seed storage and processing lines, and discussions on how these technologies can serve agricultural development in the UAE.
