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- Saudi Alliance for Agricultural and Food Technologies launched
- 40 companies, universities, research bodies, NGOs have joined
RIYADH: Forty public and private entities in the Kingdom have joined the new Saudi Alliance for Agricultural and Food Technologies that aims to improve the country’s food supply chain as demand rises.
Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti, deputy minister at the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, launched the body on July 3 in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The alliance’s founding partners include the Research, Development and Innovation Authority, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and Topian, a food subsidiary of NEOM.
“The alliance aims to create a community of those interested in the agricultural and food technology sector, contribute to building bridges between actors in this sector,” the SPA reported.
In his speech, Al-Mushaiti said the aim was to develop an environment that “preserves natural resources and achieves sustainable water and food security.”
Al-Mushaiti said the ministry has improved the agriculture sector, which contributed an unprecedented $29 billion to the Kingdom’s gross domestic product in 2023.
With the new umbrella body, Al-Mushaiti said he hopes to see further improvement in financial outcomes.