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By APD writer Muhammad Sohail
Qatar’s local production of all agricultural products has achieved a significant increase in the framework of the efforts to achieve self-sufficiency and food security in the country, said the Director of Food Security Department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) of Qatar Masoud Jarallah Al Marri.
Al Marri said Monday that the self-sufficiency rate of dairy products in Qatar is currently 106 percent, poultry 124 percent, fresh vegetables 27 percent, table eggs 28 percent and red meat 18 percent.
Livestock also had increased in growth rates, the largest being cattle numbers of around 34 percent, he said, pointing out that the total number of livestock currently in Qatar is about 1.6 million one heads including 1,000,073 sheep, 429,664 goats, 40,857 cows and 128,798 camels.
Al Marri talked about the significant increase in marketing programs for local vegetables of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, reaching 78 tonnes in August 2019 compared to 35 tonnes in August 2018.
The Director of the Agricultural Research Department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment Hamad Saket Al Shammari, said that the State of Qatar has spared no effort in supporting, participating and receiving various activities that promote agriculture in the Arab world.
Al Shammari said that people should be briefed on the latest findings on plant and animal research in Qatar and how to implement modern methods in agriculture, to achieve national food security, and thus provide the economy with an important social and economic resource.
The official said the country is focusing on vegetable production, palm tree care, crop conservation, post-harvest operations, livestock development and protection from communicable and transmitted diseases.
He said the State of Qatar has achieved great successes in the field of irrigation techniques under the soil and modern fertilization methods and the process of drying dates, revealing that the production of tomatoes will soon be launched in three greenhouses in order to grow tomato types able to adapt to environmental conditions in Qatar.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
