Qatar achieved full self-sufficiency in dairy products and began exporting them
Dairy
Qatar
Published Mar 27, 2021
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Qatar has created a dairy industry from scratch in the three years since the imposition of the blockade by neighboring countries, achieved complete self-sufficiency of the country with dairy products, and in 2020 began to export it to other Arab countries, Assistant Deputy Minister of Municipalities and Environment of Qatar for Agriculture told RIA Novosti. Faleh bin Nasser Al Thani fish resources.
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"Qatar has managed to achieve 110% of its dairy products supply to the local market, one of the largest dairy companies Baladna currently produces up to 250 names, and in 2020 we have already started exporting our products to other Arab countries, you can find it on the shelves of Oman, Yemen, Iraq, "Al Thani said. Farmers in Qatar have also made significant progress in producing their own vegetables, he said. "Now in the" cold "season - six to seven months from November to June, we do not need to import vegetables at all, in hot weather - we have to import only certain types of vegetables, for example, tomatoes, but in insignificant quantities," he said. As Al Thani noted, organic vegetables produced in Qatar have become in demand in other Arab countries as well, he began delivering them to Kuwait, Iraq, although his agricultural policy does not pursue the goal of becoming a significant exporter of vegetable crops due to the limited natural resources of the country. "Qatar, whose ...
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