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Italy,Saudi Arabia : IFAD technical assistance agreement to help boost agriculture production and food security in Saudi Arabia
Publish Date : 15-Feb-2018
Saudi Arabia and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed a Reimbursable Technical Assistance (RTA) agreement today to boost agriculture production and food security in Saudi Arabia's Jizan Region.
The three-year agreement was signed today on the sidelines of IFAD's 41st Governing Council in Rome by the President of IFAD, Gilbert F. Houngbo, and Abdulrahman Al Fadli, the Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture.
This collaboration is expected to enhance the productivity, profitability and climate change resilience of an estimated 30,000 smallholder farmers and their farmer-based organizations. The RTA will focus on coffee and mango value chain development, new technologies to create improved products and access to new markets.
The RTA will be implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, which has also been working to step up the contribution of the non-oil sector, including agriculture, to the economy under Saudi's National Transformation Plan (NTP).
In this regard, the newly signed RTA will focus on contributing to sustainable food security; optimizing the use of renewable water resources for agricultural purposes; and developing sustainable, highly efficient production systems for plants and livestock.
