08/11/2012
7 Initiatives to Change Reality of Agriculture in Saudi Arabia
Agricultural Development Fund finalized the final stages of launching a seven-initiative plan that will change the reality of agriculture in the Kingdom . the plan will be ready for implementation starting from mid-2013. It includes establishing agricultural information center, water conservation in irrigation except for wheat and fodder, establishing an entity or more for handling and marketing vegetables and fruit and another for fish, cooperative insurance for livestock sector starting with poultry, dates marketing, and cattle breeding company.
Eng. Abdullah Al Rubaiaan, Chairman of Agricultural Development Fund, said that the main objective behind the launch of these initiatives is to keep up with local, regional and international variables in agriculture sector . He pointed out that the staff in charge conducted a study on the market situation where they understood all viewpoints of related parties to the market and discussed solutions to the problems experienced by the Kingdom markets. Among recommendations and proposals that will be included in the new initiatives, is creation of markets for farmers.
