{"id":96503,"date":"2025-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/04\/29\/the-city-of-roses-is-under-threat-as-climate-change-looms\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:00:00","slug":"the-city-of-roses-is-under-threat-as-climate-change-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/04\/29\/the-city-of-roses-is-under-threat-as-climate-change-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"The city of roses is under threat as climate change looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taif, <\/strong>\u201c<\/strong>t<\/strong>h<\/strong>e c<\/strong>ity of <\/strong>r<\/strong>oses\u201d <\/strong>west of the Kingdom, is under the Spotlight<\/strong> in an <\/strong>AFP<\/a><\/strong> piece<\/strong>, following local farmer Khalaf Allah Al Talhi as roses begin to bloom with the arrival of the spring season. Taif roses are famous for coloring the city hills and serving as the base for rose water used in cleaning the Kaaba walls and the production of perfumes popular with pilgrims.<\/p>\n

Hard work: <\/strong>Al Talhi and his staff start to work before sunrise each day and continue working late into the night during harvest season \u2014 springtime. Once roses bloom, they are picked by hand before being soaked in a bath of boiling water. To extract the scent, the flowers go through a distillation process that produces rose water and oil.<\/p>\n

Al Talhi estimated his production at <\/strong>5 to 6 mn roses per year<\/strong>, contributing to a total annual production of c. 300 mn annually by some 800 farms. The Kingdom exported USD 141 mn worth of perfume products and rosewater in 2023. <\/p>\n

BUT- Climate change looms:<\/strong> \u201cLast year and the year before, it was extremely cold. Some farmers didn\u2019t harvest a single flower from their fields,\u201d Al Talhi added.<\/p>\n

Climate change accelerates soil degradation<\/strong>, through processes such as salinization, erosion, and desertification, which diminishes the quality and productivity of arable land in Saudi Arabia,\u201d said the Washington-based think-tank Atlantic Council<\/a>, raising concerns about the future of agricultural activity in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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