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 […]

The GCC Tomato Gap

Tomatoes are among the most consumed fresh products in the GCC, and among the most exposed to supply disruption. Each summer, domestic production contracts and import dependency rises. The pattern is predictable, but recent disruptions have shown how quickly it can become a structural vulnerability. Closing this gap is not simply a question of capacity. […]