Outlook for global vegetable supply and demand is found attractive. The global demand for vegetables, is increasing and will continue to do so.
Moreover, growth is especially strong in demand for organic vegetables in some countries such as Switzerland, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates.
Technical efficiency analysis indicated a potential increase in the production of vegetables with the present state of technology.
Thus, vegetables have been proved to have prime significance, not only in elevating the livelihoods of those who grow vegetables but also in contributing to food security in Oman in terms of round the year availability of locally produced vegetables inside the country. Besides, growing organic vegetables to cater the needs of elite consumers has been providing a different dimension of vegetable cultivation successfully in the country.
A very important point about hydroponic greenhouses is organic cultivation and without the use of pesticides and pesticides. The price of organic products reaches two to nine times in some products.
An optimized system combining seawater desalination, brine concentration, greenhouse cultivation and mineral recovery, could provide a winning solution at the water-energy-food nexus.
In addition to greenhouse products, spirulina algae ponds in a completely healthy and clean way to produce a variety of food supplements such as powders, pills, capsules, etc. is another important part of the city of sunflower. Spirulina is one of the most important dietary supplements in the world today due to its high protein content. Also, due to the high efficiency of this product, the return on investment in this work is very fast and brings a lot of income.
In addition, shrimp ponds are another attractive part of the sunflower city, which produces high quality, useful and healthy white meat from the products of this part of the farm.
Raising birds such as ostriches, partridges and pheasants with the most modern methods of the day and in a completely natural and organic way, and finally producing organic and completely healthy meat for domestic and foreign consumers is one of the most important activities of the sunflower city. Since the food of these birds is provided from waste and additions of greenhouses and shrimp ponds and spirulina algae breeding, which has a lot of protein and very high nutritional value, in addition to producing completely healthy, quality and natural products from these birds, the cost of breeding And their maintenance has also decreased.
An important and beautiful part of the city is the sunflower forest of Moringa. Growing these valuable and hardy trees to use their leaves and seeds is a profitable process.
With the help of MW CSP Solar Power Plant system, which is the beating heart of the sunflower city, water and electricity are supplied to these farms at all hours of the day and night.