(TAP) – The Dutch company specialising in tomatoes production for export “Desert Joy – Joie El Hicha” plans to allocate €200 million (the equivalent of 647 million dinars) to expand its activities in Gabes, the region where it is located.
These investments should generate nearly 4,000 jobs and develop a production capacity of 36,000 tonnes of tomatoes that will be exported to the European market, said CEO of the company, Kees Van Veen and his Tunisian partner Néjib Zarrouk, during a working session held with Minister of Economy and Planning, Samir Saied, at the headquarters of the ministry.
According to the company’s officials, the extension project provides for the creation of a seawater desalination plant for irrigation and other solar energy and wastewater recycling plants.
On this occasion, the Minister stressed that his department is ready to provide all the necessary support to the Dutch company which has been present in Tunisia since 2012, adding that favourable conditions will be guaranteed so that it can expand its activities.
Source: TAP News Agency