Private sector role crucial in Bahrain’s food security, say Dr Hassan | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Private sector role crucial in Bahrain’s food security, say Dr Hassan | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

A top Works Ministry official had called on private sector establishments to play their part in ensuring food security in the Kingdom. “Bahrain could do this by making the best of use of modern technologies and techniques,” said Dr Khaled Ahmed Hassan citing directives in this regard, The Undersecretary for Animal Resources at the Ministry of Works Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning said the Kingdom considers the private sector “as a key partner in ensuring food security”. Food security, he said, should be achieved in the Kingdom and GCC nations by selecting products depending on the availability of the natural resources, which will also lead to achieving self-sufficiency. “The World Food and Agriculture Organisation, the United Nations and the World Food Conference are striving to find a universally agreed definition or a concept of food security, but the closest achieved is the concept of food self-sufficiency.” Experts define food security as “the access for all people at all times to enough food for a healthy, active life”. In contrast, food self-sufficiency means the ability to meet consumption needs - particularly for staple food crops - from own production rather than by buying or importing.