Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has launched an initiative to boot investments in organic poultry production and increase the sector’s output to 5 percent by 2030.
According to Ahmed bin Saleh Al-Ayada, the ministry’s undersecretary, the initiative includes offering facilities to foreign investors and local companies and providing land at promotional prices.
Speaking at a workshop organized by the ministry, Al-Ayada stated that the initiative aimed to support local poultry production aligns with the Saudi Good Agricultural Practices, also known as Saudi GAP.
The initiative will provide appropriate financing and technical support through laws to boost organic production in the poultry sector.
It aligns with the ministry’s expansion plan announced in July to inject SR17 billion ($4.53 billion) to boost poultry production and reach 80 percent self-sufficiency by 2025.—AN
