Tabuk Agricultural Development Co. - TADCO

Activities

Since its founding in 1983, Tabuk Agriculture Company (TADCO), has become one of the most successful agricultural companies in the Middle East. For 25 years, TADCO has been a landmark in agriculture in the Middle East, proudly serving its stakeholders and the agricultural community with its pioneering agricultural technology. The company is located in Tabuk, the the fertile northwestern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is famous for agriculture, surrounded by mountains and hills. The moderate climate and high fertility of the soil, coupled with pure fresh groundwater makes the region an ideal location for producing finest quality fruits, vegetables, olives, alfalfa and wheat. TADCO aims to become one of the leading Holding Groups in the agribusiness sector in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a major contribution to the development of Tabuk region. TADCO is an innovator in cold store technology for potatoes, onions, and fruits in Saudi Arabia, and in 1999 it invested in the most advanced cold storage technology in the world such that today it has the most advanced storage facilities in the Middle East. Potatoes can be stored in 34 cold rooms, with a combined storage capacity at any one time of 13,000 MT (up to 26,000 MT for two crops per year). Fruits can be stored in 16 additional rooms for a storage capacity of up to 5500 MT of fruit at any one time and are graded using state-of-the-art computerized grading equipment. The cold-storage system is completely computerized, with local environmental conditions in each store room continually monitored 24/7. Since its establishment in 1983, TADCO has had as one of its foremost concerns the efficient use of the Kingdom's limited water resources. Over 90% of the consultants employed every year by TADCO are for providing consultation on reducing the consumption of water for growing crops. Such is the success achieved by TADCO in this area, following millions of riyals investment in irrigation technology and software that TADCO now uses about half the amount of water to grow a crop than it did 20 years ago. Furthermore, TADCO has taken a leading role in allaying consumers' and official government concerns about the consumption of water by agriculture by hosting the first ever agricultural water consumption seminar in 2004.