Leafy Greens Greenhouse Project in Qatar
Leafy greens are Qatar's flagship food-security crop: short 28–40 day cycles, high turns per year and shelf-life economics that strongly favour local production over airfreighted imports.
The specification is semi-closed cooled glass or polycarbonate with dehumidification for coastal humidity, NFT or DWC hydroponics on desalinated water, and condensate plus drain recovery. Low-tech tunnels are not viable at Qatari summer conditions.
Cheap electricity offsets part of the cooling burden, but water remains the constraint: closed hydroponics, condensate capture and reject-brine planning belong in the base scope.
What does a leafy greens greenhouse cost per hectare in Qatar?
Indicative planning ranges are USD 1.5–3.2 million per hectare for semi-closed cooled CEA with hydroponics, dehumidification and water infrastructure — before land, and before any vertical-farm add-on.
All figures are indicative planning ranges for feasibility work — not quotations. Final specification and pricing come from qualified suppliers and engineers.
Indicative project economics — Leafy greens in Qatar
Production regions: Al Rayyan · Al Shahaniya · Al Khor · Umm Salal · Al Wakrah
Technical specification
What we scope in this package
- Semi-closed cooled structure, glazing and screen package
- Cooling, dehumidification and airflow design
- NFT / DWC hydroponic systems, dosing and disinfection
- Desalinated water supply, condensate recovery and brine handling
- Nursery and propagation area for continuous transplanting
- Climate computer, sensors and monitoring
- Lettuce, spinach, baby-leaf and culinary-herb genetics for CEA
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Open calculatorWater priced around USD 1.30/m³
Open calculatorEnergy priced around USD 0.05/kWh
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Open calculatorLeafy greens seed and agronomy detail
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Open pageLeafy greens project FAQ — Qatar
Indicative planning ranges are USD 1.5–3.2 million per hectare for semi-closed cooled CEA with hydroponics, dehumidification and water infrastructure — before land, and before any vertical-farm add-on.
Continuous NFT or DWC production over eight to twelve cycles per year plans for 350–700 tonnes per hectare annually, depending on the crop mix and cooling performance in summer.
Qatari summers at 45 °C-plus with coastal humidity stop leafy production in uncooled structures. Semi-closed cooling with dehumidification is what makes year-round supply and retail contracts possible.
All supply is desalinated or treated, so condensate capture, full recirculation and UV disinfection are economic necessities. Reject-brine handling is designed into the project from the start.
Qatar's domestic production targets support local leafy-green supply, and projects with retail or institutional offtake are the ones lenders and programme owners take seriously. We structure the technical dossier accordingly.
الأسئلة الشائعة — مشروع الخضروات الورقية في قطر
إجابات موجزة للمستثمرين والجهات الحكومية التي تخطط لمشروع خضروات ورقية ضمن برامج الأمن الغذائي في قطر. الأرقام نطاقات تخطيطية استرشادية.
النطاق التخطيطي الاسترشادي مرتفع لأن التبريد وإزالة الرطوبة والمياه المحلاة تشكل الجزء الأكبر من التكلفة الرأسمالية والتشغيلية معاً.
أنظمة NFT أو الأغشية المائية العميقة داخل بيوت شبه مغلقة، مع إعادة تدوير كاملة للمحلول المغذي وتعقيمه.
دورات إنتاج قصيرة تتراوح بين 25 و35 يوماً تسمح بعدد كبير من الدورات سنوياً وبإنتاجية عالية لكل متر مربع مقارنة بالمحاصيل الثمرية.
الاعتماد على مياه محلاة مع تجميع المتكثفات وإعادة التدوير الكامل، ما يقلل استهلاك المياه لكل كيلوغرام إلى جزء بسيط من الزراعة المكشوفة.
نعم، تُمنح أولوية للمشاريع التي تقلل الاعتماد على الاستيراد وتضمن إمداداً محلياً مستقراً للأسواق والمؤسسات.
عادة من 9 إلى 12 شهراً حتى التشغيل، ثم أول حصاد تجاري خلال أسابيع قليلة من بدء الزراعة.
Other crop and country project pages
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$1.4M–$3.1M / ha · 450–750 t / ha
$1.6M–$3.4M / ha · 70–130 t / ha
$320k–$1.5M / ha · 90–220 t / ha
$22k–$55k / ha · 40–65 t / ha
$900k–$2.4M / ha · 350–600 t / ha
$120k–$380k / ha · 90–200 t / ha
$45k–$150k / ha · 30–60 t / ha
$250k–$700k / ha · 250–450 t / ha
$200k–$550k / ha · 120–280 t / ha
$300k–$700k / ha · 180–400 t / ha
$3.5M–$9M / ha · 900–2400 t / ha
$450k–$1.6M / ha · 200–550 t / ha
$400k–$1.1M / ha · 120–260 t / ha
$380k–$950k / ha · 250–550 t / ha
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Leafy greens greenhouse RFQ — Qatar
One private brief for a leafy greens greenhouse project in Qatar. A dedicated sourcing specialist opens it to qualified suppliers and EPC partners — vendor-neutral, buyer-first.