Growing crops where nothing grows.
Saudi soils are ~90% sand — almost nothing grows
Saudi soils are roughly 90% sand, with almost no nutrients or water retention. The usual fix — imported peat moss — is expensive, short-lived and unsustainable, costing the Kingdom on the order of 250 million SAR a year. What's needed is a way to genuinely build soil, not just feed it, while reducing landfill pollution and capturing carbon rather than adding to emissions.
Turning organic waste into soil that lasts
Terraxy converts local organic waste streams into Carbosoil, a permanent soil enhancer. Rather than temporarily feeding plants, Carbosoil rebuilds the soil itself — and its fertility lasts for centuries, locking carbon into the ground as it goes. It's a Saudi-made technology for greening, landscaping and food production in arid regions, turning a waste problem into fertile ground.
Terraxy in action
From biomass waste to Carbosoil, at industrial scale
With $3M raised to date, Terraxy developed an industrial-scale, continuous process converting biochar into Carbosoil at 30 tons per day. Greenhouse and field trials show strong plant growth from small Carbosoil additions, and NTI support has unlocked national engagement with MEWA, RDIA and SIDF — accelerating permits, site allocation and commercial readiness to scale from lab to market.
- Product
- Carbosoil — a permanent soil enhancer from organic waste
- Feedstock
- Local biomass / organic waste streams (converted via biochar)
- Production scale
- Industrial continuous process, 30 tons per day
- Scale-up
- Production facility in development near Riyadh
- Fertility duration
- Lasts for centuries, enabling soil carbon sequestration
- Import replaced
- #SaudiMade alternative to imported peat (~250M SAR/year)
- Development support
- $3M raised to date; engagement with MEWA, RDIA and SIDF
Creating impact where it matters most
Fertile soil from waste
Turning local organic waste into permanently fertile soil for arid regions.
Carbon sequestration
Locking carbon into the ground for centuries as fertility endures.
National self-reliance
Replacing costly imported peat with a #SaudiMade circular alternative.
Greening arid land
Enabling urban greening, landscaping and food production where soil was barren.
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