Awarding 4 projects with an area of 5.8 million square meters north of Doha soon Construction and Real Estate

Six projects with an area of ​​21 million square meters were launched during the first quarter of 2010

The Secretary of the Committee to follow up the implementation of food security policies in the public and private sectors pointed out that the plan will be implemented in two phases according to the schedule that was prepared to launch the strategic projects for the production of green fodder with treated wastewater, stressing the division of the target area to 10 strategic projects the area of ​​the project is about 2 million meters Box.

He stressed that the ministry during the first phase of the project has already launched 4 strategic projects in the fourth quarter of 8102 with an area of ​​5.8 million square meters in the north of Doha and the four projects are still under construction so far, where the competent committee is evaluating the companies that benefit from the projects.

He added: The second phase of the plan will be implemented during the first quarter of next year 0202 through the launch of 6 new projects with an area of ​​21 million square meters for the investment sector to be cultivated according to the highest technologies used in the cultivation of green fodder and rely on the sewage treatment completely.

Al-Marri stressed that the strategic projects for the cultivation of fodder are aimed at increasing the self-sufficiency ratio of green fodder especially in the fodder and rudus feeds and reducing the gap between imported fodder and domestic produced fodder especially in view of the growing livestock sector and the large increase in the number of animal husbandry producing meat and milk, Animal and animal S food security for the population.

He pointed out that the percentage of self-sufficiency of green fodder currently reaches about 45% of local production and targeted according to the national strategy for food security that the self-sufficiency ratio of green fodder to about 36% within five years.

He stressed that the plan aims to achieve self-sufficiency of green fodder by 65% ​​at the end of the current year 9102 and reach 75% by the end of 2020. In 1202 the self-sufficiency ratio is 16% and in 2202 up to 26%. By the end of the plan in 3202, To the target of 36% after the cultivated areas to reach the peak

Al Marri pointed out that the projects that were launched during the last quarter of last year will be announced to the companies benefiting from them soon, as the projects are still under construction so far, where the concerned committee is studying and evaluating the bids submitted by each company, which includes in addition to the financial study a technical study reviewing all The company has its own production components of Trucks and agricultural machinery and other crews as well as technical and human resources as well as the company's capabilities in the use of modern technology in agriculture, providing water and energy as well as compliance with the requirements set by the ministry to exploit projects optimally.

He stressed that the preference in the evaluation will be for companies that will offer the production of alternative green feed, such as lepid or feed production of agricultural residues and other scientific solutions that contribute to finding alternatives to feed consumes less water and gives higher productivity in addition to the nutritional value of the animal.

He stressed that these projects represent an added value to the local production of feed and an important step in the development of mechanisms to encourage private sector initiatives to participate in development and to create practical and scientific solutions to the challenges of national food security in all its dimensions and sectors within the framework of transparency in dealing with Qatar National Vision 0302, These projects will benefit from the economies of production capacity of modern farming systems that adopt the best available global practices and technology to ensure economic feasibility that encourages continued production and development. He noted that these projects will also cover a large part of the needs

The local market of high quality green fodder for livestock breeders in the country, which contributes to the achievement of food security and support of livestock and meat supply, as well as the importance of the project because of its environmental and developmental dimensions, where the environmental dimension in the presence of large quantities of treated sewage, Invest in projects with a return on the agricultural economy in order to consume this quantity S water.

He added that the Agricultural Research Department has worked during the past period through the agricultural experiments conducted at Rawda Al-Faras station and in a number of Qatari farms to find several alternatives to provide feed as a result of the shortage of natural pastures in the country to provide the needs of livestock breeders and farm owners. For a few amounts of water Unlike its counterparts of other feeds in addition to density in production and bearing