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SAUDI AGRICULTURE UPDATE

SAUDI ARABIA CONTINUES TO ACHIEVE

FOOD SUSTAINABILITY

The Minister of Environment, Water
and Agriculture, Eng. Abdul Rahman
Al-Fadhli, called on the internation-
al community to take a serious stand
to prevent the food crisis from getting
worse, and to enact laws that contribute
to obtaining safe and nutritious food, es-
pecially since the world today is living
in exceptional circumstances due to the
global negative effects of the Corona
pandemic (Covid 19) At all levels, espe-
cially the food and agricultural sector,
according to SPA.
He stressed on the occasion of the
ministry’s celebration of the “40th World
Food Day”, which falls on October 16 of
each year under the title “Together we
grow, nourish, and maintain sustainabil-
ity … our actions are our future”, in con-
junction with the global celebration of
the 75th anniversary of the founding of
the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations. FAO, the international
community should seize this opportunity the Kingdom’s government to fight hun- and private sectors, to overcome the
to work to deliver food to the poorest and ger Reducing poverty and supporting disruption in supply chains that affected
most vulnerable segments of the popula- refugees around the world, through the global food supplies, which is What was
tion in the developing countries, which King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Re- evident during the Corona pandemic
are most affected by the pandemic and lief Center, which is one of the most im- (Covid 19), as the government takes care
the economic impacts arising from it. portant arms of the Kingdom in assisting and attention to the agricultural sector
brotherly and friendly stricken peoples.
and its workers through enacting pol-
Al-Fadhli indicated that the Kingdom icies, regulations and preparing strat-
He stressed that the Kingdom’s gov-
of Saudi Arabia, and within the global ernment attaches great importance to egies that support small farmers and
efforts, is moving forward to achieve the achieving comprehensive food security, livestock keepers in rural areas, with
goal of sustainable development (2030), as the implementation of the National the aim of increasing and diversifying
which is the elimination of hunger, in Food Security Strategy in the Kingdom agricultural production, and achieving
line with its humanitarian, moral and has been approved and started, which sustainability and self-sufficiency, And
religious duty, pointing to the unprec- succeeded, after God’s grace and with poverty alleviation.
edented efforts and the huge aid that it cooperation between the government
has provided and is still providing by

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SAUDI ARABIA’S POULTRY IMPORTS FROM

BRAZIL UP 22%

Saudi Arabia’s poultry imports from try from Brazil. Mexico has filled out its
Brazil were a highlight in October at Brazilian poultry import quotas. Brazil is
44,900 tons, up 22% year-on-year. The in talks to agree on new quotas.
information was made public by the Bra- The ABPA reported that year-to-date
zilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA). through October, poultry exports came
Last month saw 319,700 tons of poultry out to 3.498 million tons, up from 3.490
shipped abroad from Brazil, down 9.4% million through October 2019. Revenues
year-on-year. Exports fetched USD 446.8 slid 13% to USD 5.066 billion from USD
million, down 21.2%. 5.820 billion through October 2019.
“Despite the impact stemming from China remained the leading importer
Mexico and the Philippines having of poultry from Brazil at 564,000 tons,
made no purchases in October, broadly up 24% from a year ago. Other major
speaking, foreign sales remain on par The Philippines had an embargo on importers in Asia include South Korea,
with 2019. The gradual resumption of Brazilian poultry in place through Sep- whose imports were up 7%, and Singa-
shipping to Saudi Arabia and growing tember and haven’t resumed buying pore, up 32%.
volumes to Europe are an indication of since that ended. The move came after Paraná remains the biggest exporting
increased capillarity in industry sales,” China purported to have found traces of state, followed by Santa Catarina, Rio
a press release quoted ABPA chairman the coronavirus in a batch of frozen poul- Grande do Sul, and Goiás.
Ricardo Santin as saying.
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