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Since its establishment, NADEC has made significant achievements in the areas of agricultural Production. NADEC operates a diversified business consisting of following Agricultural Products
 Open Field Vegetables
The company produces yearly more than 30,000 tons of table potatoes sold for local consumption and for potato processing factories.
Green House Vegetables
The green houses are located at Haradh project where NADEC has established 150 plastic green houses in addition to 5 air-conditioned fiber glass houses. The total area of the green houses is about 15 hectares.
Cereal Crops
The main cereal crops grown at NADEC projects are Wheat and Barley. The company produces yearly about 90,000 - 1 00,000 tons of Wheat and Barley. This production is to cover NADEC's quota of the Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization every year and also for seed production purposes.
Forage Crops
NADEC produces annually about 60,000 tons of Alfalfa hay, 57,000 tons of Rhodes grass hay, 60,000 tons of Maize (green chop and silage) and 5,000 tons of forage Sudangrass in addition to about 6000 tons of grain Maize.
Fruits
The fruits orchard is located at Wadi Al-Sarhan project Al-Jouf district, northern part of the Kingdom" where the climatic conditions are suitable. More than 140,000 trees are grown producing 1000 tons of different types of fruits which includes Peaches, Apricots, Plums, Figs, Grapes, Olives, and Olive oil using drip irrigation system. The company established a recent nursery to produce 50,000 nursery fruit and Olive trees for future orchards plantation with modern facilities.
The company established collection of mother trees of top quality fruit varieties for budding and grafting wood material and also started vegetative propagation for olive trees by softwood cuttings under mist, as to have the maiden nursery tree suitable for future modern orchard plantation.
 NADEC PROJECTS
Hail Project: located 650 Km North of Riyadh
Hail project is one of the most important NADEC AGRICULTURAL projects. The project activities include production of wheat, forages, industrial potatoes, tomatoes and onions.
Haradh Project: located 250Km East of Riyadh
It’s considered as the most integrated company project, as the company diary farms and diary plants are located in this project. Forage production includes alfalfa hay, corn and sorghum silage and Rhodes grass hay, Wheat production and date production are also among Haradh Project activities.
Wadi Al-Sarhan Project: located 1500 Km North of Riyadh (Al-Jouf)
This project is specialized in production of deciduous fruits, such as peaches, apricots, and plums. Olive for olive oil production is also produced in this project. Other activities include onion production, potato production. Wheat production is also among activities of this project.
Wadi Al-Dawaser Project: located 650 Km South West of Riyadh.
It’s one of the largest company projects. The main activities include wheat, Forage, potatoes, tomatoes and onion production.
Dates plant- Hofuf: located 350 Km East of Riyadh
The date’s plant produces the best quality Saudi Processed dates.
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