Saudi Arabia to plant 49 million fruit and lemon trees

The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture of Saudi Arabia has launched the first phase of two initiatives to plant 49 million fruit and lemon trees in various regions under the Saudi Green Initiative. These include 45 million fruit trees and 4 million lemon trees. They plan to land before 2030, according to EastFruit, citing saudigazette.com.sa. These initiatives are expected to provide more than half of the nation's fruit imports to meet the Kingdom Vision 2030 targets. As part of these initiatives, 45 million fruit trees will be planted in the regions of Mecca, Asir, Al Baha and Jazan, and 4 million lemon trees will be planted using renewable water in the regions of Riyadh, Eastern Province, Mecca, Najran, ...