Photo Report: A Hat-Trick In Tunisia
Photo Report: A Hat-Trick In Tunisia
Building greenhouses in the Tunisian desert can be quite a challenge. The temperatures rise during the day but in the nighttime it's really cold. Combined with the dust and the distances to projects, it's not an easy topic at all. On the other hand, for growing this climate is ideal. That's why over the last couple of years more and more greenhouses have been erected in the country.
Since the rise of the horticulture in Tunisia, the Serbian building company Agrikol is one of the leading building companies in the market. Agrikols Nikola Petković, browsed through his photo album and showed us the hat-trick they made here last year.
Desert Joy
It was only 4 years ago when the first 2.5 hectares of the modern Desert Joy tomato farm was prepared in 2013. The company is located a half hour drive from the coastal city of Gabes, in southern Tunisia. The expansion has continued ever since. The fifth phase was realized last year and concluded 5.4 ha greenhouse and 2 technical rooms. Agrikol provided the supervision and the turn-key overview for this project. In Tunisia, another 6 greenhouses will be erected in the near future.
Agrikol is active more often in Tunisia. Also, Rainbow Horticulture Tunisia, Tunisian-Dutch pepper producing company created in 2015, took advantage of their activities. Last year they extended their facilities with 2.5 hectares. Agrikol facilitated the supervision of ground leveling and foundation and the construction team for the turn-key greenhouse.
The third project realized last year in Tunisia is a bit of a stringer in the midst. This concerns the construction of an algae farm in Tunisia! Also, this crop is being grown more and more in greenhouses and Tunisia holds one of the farms.