PAAAFR PROPOSES A FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY TILL 2035

  • 29/05/2022

Kuwait City: The government agencies are fighting to make Kuwait safe in terms of food sufficiency, expecting to achieve concrete progress on this difficult issue as soon as feasible. The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) proposed a food security strategic plan until 2035, with the goal of developing the national agricultural system, achieving sustainable agricultural development, and enabling effective production of commodities in the national food basket. 


The plan called for the establishment of a Supreme Council for Food Security, the development and modernization of available options to strengthen it, and the establishment of gigantic agricultural projects to enhance strategic stocks, provide large financial funds for its management and localizing industrial activities related to agricultural production. The plan expected an increase in the rates of self-sufficiency of vegetable products at varying rates that may reach about 75% or 100% of some veg etables, and the increase in the percentage of the total vegetables in general will not be less than about 75% of self-sufficiency by 2030.

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