15 food industry factories to be built this year — Agriculture minister

15 food industry factories to be built this year — Agriculture minister

AMMAN — Minister of Agriculture Khalid Hneifat on Thursday announced a plan to establish 15 food industry factories by the end of this year. 

Hneifat’s announcement came during a signing ceremony for three agreements between the King Hussein Bin Talal Development Zone and a number of investors aimed at improving the presence of agriculture industries in industrial and development zones.

Two of the factories, both located in the southern Jordan Valley, are 80 per cent complete, the minister said. The ministry will complete seven more factories in different governorates by the end of next week, bringing the total number of operational factories to nine, he added.