Industry News

Ministry of Agriculture discussed on Sunday with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) a number of projects funded by IFAD, mainly the second phase of agricultural resources management in southern governorates...

Global food production will have to increase 70 percent for an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050 while at the same time combating poverty and hunger, using scarce natural resources ...

Qatar, which imports 90 percent of its food requirements, has launched an historic initiative to achieve food supply security. The initiative primarily aims at arid land agriculture research and similar unique issues that face the country and other arid regions in the world...

Faqeeh Poultry Farms, the world's largest individually-owned poultry farm, said it plans to invest more than SR3 billion to boost production over the next five years. The farm has developed a five-year plan to boost its daily production to one million broiler chickens and three million table eggs...

Saudi Arabia's largest food producer by market value, Almarai Co. has said it will invest SR2bn ($533.3m) to expand the business of Hail Agricultural Development Co. (Hadco) it had acquired recently according to Arabic al-Eqtisadiah newspaper...

ASaffa Poultry, Omans leading poultry producer, has been selected by Hassad Food of Qatar to manage 26.25 million rial investment in the State of Qatar. An agreement to this effect was signed in Doha recently by ASaffa Poultry Chairman Saleh Mohammad al Shanfari...

Mr. Abderrazak Daaloul, Secretary of State for Fisheries paid a visit on Wednesday to the ports of Kelibia, Beni Kiar and El Haouaria (governorate of Nabeul) where he took cognizance of fishing activities in the region.
Mr. Daaloul said that the new regulations relative to data traceability...

Organized by the National Institute of Science and Sea Technology, a conference was held on Thursday in Tunis, to take stock of scientific research in the fish farming sector with a view to strengthen this activity and set up new projects...

The Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the International Fish Farming Holding Company P.J.S.C. (ASMAK), a leading aquaculture company in the UAE, have released 50,000 fingerlings...

Project to be implemented in areas around 223 mosques in Abu Dhabi. The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City will start a project to improve the greenery and landscaping in the vicinity of 223 mosques inside and outside Abu Dhabi Island very soon...

One of the world's largest date companies is now planning to set up a unique chain of concept stores for dates across the globe to promote the favourite fruit of Arabia. Al Foah Company, under the General Holding Corporation, Abu Dhabi, and the largest date procuring and processing company in the UAE...

The Higher Committee for Horticulture and Plantation for the city of Dubai held its second meeting chaired by Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai MunicipalityDubai Municipality for reviewing the measures to increase green areas and conduct...

Saudi trade  and investment in Ethiopia is expanding. “The investment increase is particularly seen in the agricultural sector and is in line with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s initiative to provide food security for the Kingdom....

Argentina will welcome investment from Saudi Arabia in its agricultural sector so the Kingdom can guarantee its own food security, the Argentine Embassy has said.....

Staff from ARASCO, a large commercial feed manufacturer in Saudi Arabia, visited the UK recently to learn more about the Anitox Maxi-Mil® Milling Efficiency Programme...

Almarai Company, the largest food producer in Saudi Arabia by market value, plans to invest SR2 billion (Dh1.96bn) to develop poultry production facilities. The company will finance the investment from its own resources and it will affect its 2012 financial results, said an Almarai statement....

The National Prawn Company (NPC), Saudi Arabia’s first venture into onshore aquaculture, is looking to increase not only sale opporutnities but also employment opportunities. The company has appointed Esam Yousef Sabr as Country Manager (KSA Marketing and Sales), to drive and develop sales of NPC’s seafood within Saudi Arabia...

The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has won the Environment Award 2010 of Euro-Arab Cooperation Centre in recognition of its excellent efforts in protecting the environment and promoting the environmental resources. The Award ceremony was recently held in the opening of the 26th session of the Euro-Arab Cooperation Centre at Alexandria, Egypt...

Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources is working to meet the targets set forth in the region's strategic development plan for agriculture.

The minutes of the meeting of the Syrian-Lebanese joint agricultural committee were signed on Monday at the Ministry of Agriculture in Damascus between the Syrian and Lebanese Agriculture Ministries.