Saudi Arabia has improved food security, reduced waste and achieved self-sufficiency: Eng. Al-Mushaiti

Saudi Arabia has improved food security, reduced waste and achieved self-sufficiency: Eng. Al-Mushaiti

RIYADH — Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Mansour Bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti stressed that Saudi Arabia has taken important steps towards improving agricultural development, enhancing food security, facing climate change, increasing temperatures, and scarce water resources to write a success story of its own. The concerted efforts all together has contributed to improving indicators of food security, consumption systems, reducing waste, realizing high rates of self-sufficiency for many strategic food items in the local market and increasing the operational and production levels of agricultural and food systems. During his participation remotely in the Arab-Hellenic Food Conference hosted by the Arab-Hellenic Chamber for Commerce on Oct. 5 and 6, 2021, Eng. Al-Mushaiti said that Saudi Arabia has developed its vision based on building a sustainable agricultural sector that contributes to realizing food and water security and also economic, social and environment development This is in addition to adopting a strategy for responsible agricultural investments abroad, developing systems of agricultural and marketing services, as well as improving agricultural productivity and food quality while implementing several systems, technologies and innovations through its local, regional and international partnerships. Eng. Al-Mushaiti said that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has contributed to increasing the