An idea of 1,500 pounds that started on one of the rooftops of the village of Sheikh Aoun in the lake, and turned it into a model village within 6 years. It obtained organic vegetables by planting their hands on the roofs, and its houses were covered with goodness, until the village reached self-sufficiency in vegetables and fruits.
From inside the model village, the “Seventh Day” had a special tour on its rooftops to learn about their project that made every home self-sufficient in vegetables.
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“Come have lunch with us” is an uninterrupted sentence from the honorable people of the village, planting them on the roofs, does not affect any of the pesticides, the housewife does not go to the market to buy her vegetables, but goes up the ladder to the roof and picks it fresh to prepare it for food, the rooftop cultivation project is one of the successful projects inside the village of Sheikh Aoun .
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Khaled Gwaideh, a resident of the village and responsible for the rooftop cultivation project inside the village, says nearly 6 years ago, “We invited an agricultural engineer to teach them to grow roofs, so the project started with one unit, the cost at that time was 1500 pounds, and work began and we planted vegetables” Harati beans. , lettuce, pepper, eggplant, capuchi, tomato, radish, jarir, strawberry” is faster than agricultural land, we get 3 plantings per season.
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After the success of the rooftop planting unit project, the people of the village found that it was not enough, and this unit must be spread on all roofs in the village, so the people manufactured several other similar units, and it was like a big project on every house, generating money for the people.
“Juwaida” says: “The cultivation inside the pipes is inexpensive, at first we bring the implant in a small cup and leave it for three days, then we put it in the pipe, which is a long pipe, its meters as desired, holes are made in it to enable it to put the cup in which the plant is, and from The most important advantages of rooftop cultivation is irrigation, as it saves a lot of water. It is a closed circuit that irrigates the entire plant and then returns to the tank connected to the pipe again..
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“Juweida” Hadith continues: “The pipes are fixed assets. These units have existed for 6 years. They do not move from their place, and do not break down. Compared to agricultural lands, we plant, cultivate and reap what they planted without financial or physical effort. I plant the unit in two hours and reap 3 times a season, Feeding the plant, we get it from pigeon droppings, we mix it on the soil and sometimes we put it in water and we take the juice and put it on the plant, it gives us a very good product without any problems.
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Juwaida continued: “Cultivating rooftops is a profitable project that spends on itself. The seed we bring from the plantation after drying, we make seedlings to sell, and the surplus of the planting we deliver to the operator’s kitchen, and the rest we distribute to the villagers as fresh vegetables without any chemicals or pesticides because they are not infected with agricultural insects.” Existing in agricultural land.
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The official of surface cultivation in the village of Sheikh Aoun in Al-Buhaira told “Youm Al-Sabaa”: We do not throw any waste in the kitchen, whether it is onion peel, potatoes or tomatoes. sand, and we begin to put it on the soil in which we will plant, this mixture is very useful for planting.
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Khaled continues: The area in which we stand is equivalent to half an acre of cultivation, and in fact it is less than half a carat. The cultivation of roofs is more efficient than cultivation of agricultural lands. The official of rooftop cultivation in Sheikh Aoun ends his speech by saying: I hope to see all of Egypt’s surfaces green, and from He wants me to help, I will not give him any information .
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