More than 50 years of greenhouse engineering

Since 1971, VEK has designed and engineered greenhouse projects across every major climate zone. Over more than five decades, the industry has transformed. Climate computers replaced manual controls. LED lighting reshaped year-round production. Automation now reaches almost every aspect of greenhouse operations. Technology will continue to evolve. The principles that underpin successful greenhouse design have […]

Every successful greenhouse project begins with the right questions

Most greenhouse projects are introduced by what will be built.Hectares. Technology level. Production capacity.But the questions that determine whether a project succeeds are answered much earlier.Before design begins, VEK establishes the conditions that will define the project:The crop, and whether there is verified demand for it. A full year of climate data for the site, […]

Why mandatory emissions reporting is changing the economics of greenhouse development across the GCC

As governments introduce mandatory emissions reporting requirements, carbon is becoming a measurable and increasingly visible part of how infrastructure projects are evaluated. Carbon reporting is no longer simply a sustainability exercise. It is becoming a factor in financing, governance, risk management, and investment decision making. This has direct implications for greenhouse development across the GCC. […]

The Hidden Threat to Food Sovereignty Across the MENA Region

Across the Middle East and North Africa, significant investment is being directed into controlled environment agriculture, protected cultivation, and modern food production systems to strengthen food security and reduce long-term import dependency. Yet while much of the sector remains focused on climate control, irrigation precision, protected growing structures, and yield optimisation, a critical vulnerability still […]

The Real Constraint in Climate-Adaptive Agriculture: Project Readiness

Across the Gulf and other import-dependent regions, capital is no longer the primary constraint on climate-adaptive agriculture. Governments have allocated budgets, published food security strategies, and signalled clear intent. Yet a meaningful number of funded projects continue to underperform, stall after construction, or fail to achieve operational stability. The shortfall is rarely capital alone. More […]