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Launch a PPP program for Agriculture and Food Companies in Jordan
A free 17-page guide · The $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity
What this guide is for
Your company launches a PPP program to develop greenhouse, hydroponic, irrigation, cold chain, food processing and food security projects as public-private partnerships (PPPs) and to put public farmland and markets to productive use.
The case
Agriculture companies turn scarce water into food security
Every city the rebuild serves will need food, and in a dry region that food depends on water, energy, storage and transport working as one system. Agriculture companies that build a PPP program now will grow, store and process the food of the next fifty years on public land and public infrastructure under long-term contracts. This guide invites agriculture and food companies in Jordan to launch that program, starting with the projects at home.
The guide
Feed the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity
Your company launches a dedicated PPP program, a team and a set of offers that develop farming, irrigation, cold chain and agri-food projects as PPPs and supply food to the cities and markets around them, starting with Jordan’s $86 billion of projects and the $46 billion anchored in Aqaba.
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A PPP agriculture team
A dedicated team that knows how PPPs are prepared, procured and financed follows every agriculture, water, market and industrial zone project in the pipeline from the first market sounding and joins consortiums early, while sponsors are still choosing their partners.
02
Greenhouses and hydroponic farms
Greenhouse, hydroponic and aquaponic farms grow more food with less water and land. The company develops them as PPPs on public land, with the power, water and offtake agreements each farm needs to be financed.
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Water for farming
Farming draws a large share of Jordan’s water. The company develops modern irrigation, treated wastewater reuse and water harvesting projects as PPPs, so farms use less water per crop and receive a reliable supply at a known cost.
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Cold chain, markets and processing
Produce loses value when it waits between the field and the table without cooling. The company develops cold stores, central markets, packing houses and processing centers as PPPs, so growers sell more of what they harvest and more of Jordan’s food is processed at home.
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Small-scale PPPs and direct proposals
Jordan’s PPP Regulation No. 9 of 2024 defines small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million, which can be bundled into one feasibility report and one tender, and PPP Law No. 19 of 2023 accepts direct private proposals under Article 15. Your company can propose hydroponic farms, solar-powered irrigation or cold stores at local markets and bundle them into one tender.
Why agriculture and food companies
Agriculture companies turn scarce water into food security
Jordan is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world and imports much of its food, so every liter and every hectare has to produce more. Agriculture companies already grow, store and process food under long-term supply contracts, which is the model every PPP follows.
Where agriculture and food companies fit in a PPP
- Farming
- Greenhouse, hydroponic and open-field farms developed and run on public land under long-term leases and offtake agreements.
- Irrigation
- Modern irrigation networks, treated wastewater reuse and water harvesting, built and operated under concession.
- Cold chain
- Cold stores, packing houses and refrigerated transport that keep produce fresh from the field to the market and the port.
- Processing
- Central markets, processing centers and agro-industrial zones run under PPP contracts with municipalities and authorities.
- Food security
- Strategic food storage and long-term supply contracts that keep cities, hospitals and schools supplied through droughts and supply shocks.
What changes for agriculture and food companies
AI, robotics and tokenization change how food is grown, stored and financed. AI sets water and fertilizer for each field and forecasts yields and prices, which raises the value of every liter a farm uses. Robots plant, harvest, grade and pack at a steady cost across the season, and tokenized stakes let regional investors own part of a greenhouse or cold store and receive their share of its sales as they arrive.
Why a program, and why now
An agriculture or food company that waits for the next land lease or supply tender competes on price for one site at a time. A program lets your company bring farming, irrigation and cold chain projects to government as its own proposals and join water, industrial and port consortiums as their agriculture partner. Jordan’s pipeline is large and early, and the companies that join those consortiums now will grow and supply its food for decades.
Futureproofing
Futureproof Agriculture and Food Companies in Jordan for the infrastructure singularity
This free 17-page guide shows how, with small PPPs in parallel, PPP research labs, artificial intelligence, robotics, tokenization and six first steps.
Jordan and Aqaba
An $86 billion pipeline to start with
The agriculture and market projects among them will need growers and processors to run them, and the water and port projects shape what Jordan’s farms can grow and sell. A Jordanian agriculture company that grows, stores or processes food for one project at home can carry the same model to the next one across the region.
- $86B
- of PPP and infrastructure projects in development in Jordan
- $46B
- of them anchored in Aqaba
Artificial intelligence
AI lets an agriculture company grow on data. Models read soil sensors, weather and satellite images to set water and fertilizer for each field, forecast yields and prices and flag pests and disease before they spread, so a farm uses less water and loses less of its crop. A small team can also test a PPP financial model in days, which lowers the cost of every bid.
Robotics
Robotics lets an agriculture company farm more land and more greenhouse space with the same people. Robots seed, prune and harvest under glass, drones survey fields and spray only where a crop needs it, and automated lines grade, pack and store produce, so a farm keeps its quality and output steady across the season.
Tokenization
A greenhouse or cold store with a long-term offtake agreement earns steady, measurable revenue, which suits tokenization. An agriculture company can tokenize stakes in the farms and facilities it runs, pay holders from produce sales and storage fees as they arrive and publish each site’s yield and water use to the same registry, so investors see what the asset produces.
Small PPPs and research labs
Small PPPs suit agriculture well, because a hydroponic unit, a solar-powered well pump or a cold store at a local market can be built in one season and measured from the first harvest. An agriculture company can run lab pilots across many farms at once, test new crops, irrigation and robotics on live sites and carry the best results into its large bids.
Unsolicited proposals
An agriculture company can see where public land sits idle, where irrigation wastes water or where produce spoils before it reaches a market. A direct proposal lets it turn that knowledge into a project of its own design, such as a hydroponic farm or a cold store at a central market, and keep the right to match the best offer if the project goes to tender.
The program
How the program could work
The program can sit inside the company’s farming and development teams, with a PPP lead at its center and the land, growers and buyers the company already has behind it.
- PPP team
- A small team of agronomy, engineering, finance and legal people that covers every PPP in Jordan’s pipeline from the first market sounding.
- Farming
- Greenhouse, hydroponic and aquaponic farms developed as PPPs on public land, with water, power and offtake sized into each bid.
- Irrigation
- Modern irrigation, treated wastewater reuse and water harvesting projects that let farms grow more with less water.
- Cold chain
- Cold stores, central markets, packing houses and processing centers run under long-term PPP contracts.
- Direct proposals
- Agriculture projects brought to government under Article 15, including small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million.
- Technology
- Soil and crop sensors, precision irrigation, farm robotics and yield forecasting deployed as standard on every site.
- Partners
- Standing agreements with water and energy developers, contractors, logistics companies, banks and infrastructure funds that complete each consortium.
What the company gains
The company gains long-term leases, supply contracts and equity in the farms, stores and markets it runs. Each project it delivers becomes a reference for lenders and buyers and a route into the next consortium, in Jordan and across the region.
It also gains a position in the food system a dry region will need. The first agriculture company in the region to pair controlled-environment farming, water reuse and AI-run operations inside PPPs will set the terms that later projects are priced against.
Next steps
How an agriculture or food company can start
Any agriculture or food company in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the land, growers and buyers the company already has.
01
Mandate
Board approval for a PPP agriculture program, with its crops, its sectors, the equity it can commit and its first-year goals.
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Team
A named program lead, with agronomy, engineering, finance and legal people drawn from the company’s existing teams.
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Pipeline
A map of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects by sector and stage, and early meetings with the contracting authorities that hold the land, water and markets.
04
Offers
Farming, irrigation and cold chain offers packaged for public land, markets and industrial zones and priced for whole-life contracts.
05
Partners
Water and energy developers, contractors, lenders and technology companies to complete each consortium.
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Pilot
A first greenhouse, irrigation or cold store project as a small-scale PPP or direct proposal, taken from idea to submission.
Jordan has the projects, farmland in the Jordan Valley, a port in Aqaba and a law that lets a company propose its own. A PPP program gives your company long-term contracts to grow, store and process the food of the superintelligent infrastructure future.
The full document
Inside this guide
Seventeen pages and thirteen sections, from the case for a PPP program to the first steps, written for agriculture and food companies in Jordan.
Download the guide (PDF)
- 01IntroductionWhy a century of infrastructure needs rebuilding, and the $500 trillion it will take.p. 3
- 02The guideFeed the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunityp. 5
- 03Jordan and AqabaAn $86 billion pipeline to start withp. 6
- 04Artificial intelligenceHow AI designs, structures and runs PPP projects, and what it means for agriculture and food companies.p. 7
- 05RoboticsHow robots build infrastructure and keep it running, and what that means for agriculture and food companies.p. 8
- 06TokenizationHow tokenization funds projects from their own revenue, and the role it opens for agriculture and food companies.p. 9
- 07Small PPPs in parallelWhy many small PPPs teach a country faster than a few large ones.p. 10
- 08PPP research labsA lab in each sector, running ten small PPP projects a year.p. 11
- 09Unsolicited proposalsHow Jordan’s PPP law accepts direct proposals from private companies.p. 12
- 10Why agriculture and food companiesAgriculture companies turn scarce water into food securityp. 13
- 11The programThe program can sit inside the company’s farming and development teams, with a PPP lead at its center and the land, growers and buyers the company already has behind it.p. 14
- 12AboutAbout Jordan PPP and what it offers.p. 15
- 13Next stepsHow an agriculture or food company can start: six first steps.p. 16
Questions
Questions about the guide for Agriculture and Food Companies in Jordan
- What does the guide for Agriculture and Food Companies in Jordan propose?
- Your company launches a PPP program to develop greenhouse, hydroponic, irrigation, cold chain, food processing and food security projects as public-private partnerships (PPPs) and to put public farmland and markets to productive use.
- Why should agriculture and food companies in Jordan launch a PPP program?
- Agriculture companies turn scarce water into food security. Jordan is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world and imports much of its food, so every liter and every hectare has to produce more. Agriculture companies already grow, store and process food under long-term supply contracts, which is the model every PPP follows.
- Which PPP projects can agriculture and food companies in Jordan take part in?
- Jordan has about $86 billion of PPP and infrastructure projects in development, $46 billion of them anchored in Aqaba. The agriculture and market projects among them will need growers and processors to run them, and the water and port projects shape what Jordan’s farms can grow and sell. A Jordanian agriculture company that grows, stores or processes food for one project at home can carry the same model to the next one across the region.
- How can agriculture and food companies in Jordan start a PPP program?
- Any agriculture or food company in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the land, growers and buyers the company already has. The guide sets out six first steps: mandate, team, pipeline, offers, partners and pilot.
- What does a PPP program give agriculture and food companies in Jordan?
- The company gains long-term leases, supply contracts and equity in the farms, stores and markets it runs. Each project it delivers becomes a reference for lenders and buyers and a route into the next consortium, in Jordan and across the region.
- Is the guide for Agriculture and Food Companies in Jordan free?
- Yes. It is free to read on this page and free to download as a 17-page PDF, with the case for a PPP program, Jordan’s pipeline, the role of AI, robotics and tokenization, the program and six first steps.
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