The Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) has lauded the statement by the Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at the 31st Arab summit held in Algeria last week.
A statement released by the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fisheries on Sunday said the AOAD praised in particular His Highness’ call for activating Kuwait initiative that calls for a comprehensive and integrated food strategy for the Arab nation.
This came during a reception by the authority director general Mishal Al-Qraifah of the AOAD regional bureau acting chairperson, Drara Al-Mustafa, at the fisheries authority headquarters.
Al-Mustafa affirmed significance of the Kuwaiti initiative that came amid economic, climatic challenges and diverse crises particularly in nations that produce and export basic commodities, along with an Arab food security gap estimated at USD 37 billion.
The Kuwaiti initiative has also come against backdrop of the Arab sustainable food security program 2020-2030 and the Arab strategy for pastoral resources (2020-2040) as well as the Sudan food security initiative, noting that the Algiers summit was “the Arab food security summit.” It indicated at the prospects to achieve self sufficiency of the basic agricultural products in the Arab world with dependence on the huge agricultural crops
Source: Kuwait News Agency