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Manama, November 1 (BNA) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa affirmed that efforts will continue to achieve advanced levels of sustainable food security to ensure the adequacy of local food products and meet consumers. Which would raise the rate of food security, in line with the objectives of the comprehensive development process led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that all the initiatives launched by the government under the leadership of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, focus on supporting local production in all sectors that achieve food security, in a way that contributes to achieving food security. To reduce dependence on imported foodstuffs from abroad to meet local food needs, by enabling the private sector to play its role in this regard, in partnership with the public sector.
This came in statements made by Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah during his patronage here today, the opening ceremony of the new mechanized farms of the General Company for Poultry. GPC, the leading supplier of fresh, locally produced table eggs in the Kingdom of Bahrain since 1977, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mumtalakat Bahrain, the Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund.
The Minister of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture, Wael bin Nasser Al Mubarak, and a number of officials, businessmen and guests attended.
On this occasion, Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah praised the expansion of the business of the General Poultry Company, thanks to which GPC will shift from traditional agriculture to advanced agriculture that uses its production systems on the latest equipment and technologies of international standards, which will lead to the efficient automation of production lines and improve the quality and speed of production.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that the expansion process of GPC is an integral part of efforts to increase table egg production in cooperation with private sector farms, which will contribute to achieving a balance between local eggs and imported eggs.
He added that the expansion process is in line with the Kingdom’s strategic plan for food security, which aims to raise the self-sufficiency rate to 35% by increasing production from 83 million eggs now to 120 million eggs next year, i.e. 44.5%.
He stressed that food security is one of the priorities of the Ministerial Committee for Development and Infrastructure Projects, noting that it is following up its progress and initiatives, in coordination with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, especially with regard to allocating the necessary lands. To engage in investment activities related to animal, plant and fish food security.
The Deputy Prime Minister expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Chairman and members of the Board of Directors of the General Poultry Company, as well as its executive management and employees for the tremendous efforts they are making to enhance the food security of the Kingdom and develop Made in Bahrain. Fresh table eggs production.
The opening of the new mechanized farms coincides with the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the General Poultry Company. GPC cooperated with two world famous companies specialized in mechanical farm technology, which provided the integrated technology for the project, within a healthy and safe environment for poultry.
The CEO of Tamkeen Company, Khaled Al-Rumaihi, delivered a statement expressing his thanks and appreciation to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure for sponsoring the ceremony, and the Ministerial Committee for Development and Infrastructure Projects’ continued interest in the efforts. To enhance the food security of the Kingdom.
He added that the expansion will increase GPC’s contributions to the Kingdom’s food security.
GPC is mainly operated by Bahraini employees, with a Bahrainization rate of 79% to ensure the highest levels of food security.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Petroleum Corporation, Sami Muhammad Zainal, expressed his pride in the company’s achievements, stressing that it will continue to work with Tamkeen in order to implement other initiatives aimed at increasing its contribution to the Kingdom’s economic growth.
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