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  • Saudi agriculture fund OKs over $87.8 million loans

    Saudi Arabia’s Agricultural Development Fund has approved loans worth more than SR333 million ($87.8 million) to finance 12 projects in a number of regions of the Kingdom and import foodstuff. The projects include vegetable cultivation, poultry, and date factories, as well as importing rice, yellow corn and soybeans.

  • Saudi Arabia sets $533 million for agriculture imports

    The initiative, which will be carried out through a mixture of direct and indirect loans, will target in its first phase products including rice, sugar, soybeans and yellow corn. Other products will be added according to market needs and for food security, the fund said in a statement.

  • Agriculture
    Saudi Government’s Agriculture Investor Buys Australian Farmland

    The purchase of Baladjie Pty Ltd., which also owns 40,000 merino sheep, in Western Australia’s wheat belt is the company’s first investment in the country and in sheep production, Salic, as the company is known, said in a statement.

  • Ministry of Agricutlre
    Saudi Agriculture Ministry won’t withdraw bread subsidies

    The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed Tuesday that subsidies on flour and bread will not be withdrawn, pointing out that the milling companies in the Kingdom continue selling flour to bakeries for the same prices, according to the local Al-Hayat newspaper.

  • Environment, Water and Agriculture
    Saudi govt approves $24.5 billion support for agriculture, water, environment

    Abdulrahman al-Fadhli, minister for environment, water and agriculture said in a speech at an industry conference his ministry had received "support" from the government to achieve 16 strategic goals which are in line with the economic transformation program Vision 2030.

  • Agriculture
    Saudi agriculture sector registers solid growth

    Saudi Arabia’s agriculture sector has been witnessing tremendous growth over the past few years, thanks to a series of projects that complement the expansion and enhancement of local agriculture infrastructure with the use of advanced technologies, said an expert ahead of an industry event.

  • Agriculture
    Saudi Arabia emerges as leading exporter of agriculture

    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has witnessed remarkable agricultural development over the last three decades, successfully turning large areas of desert into agricultural fields.

  • U.S. Agricultural Exports to Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia: Food and Agriculture Exporter Guide

    U.S. food and agricultural product exports to Saudi Arabia reached a record-high level of $1.425 billion in FY 2014, an increase of 24 percent over the previous year. In January 2014, Saudi Arabia implemented new requirements for a mandatory pre-registration and electronic customs clearance for all imported food and feed products. Recently, Saudi food regulatory authorities have begun a stricter enforcement of food import regulations and procedures, particularly those related to labeling requirements and the maximum allowable limits for food additives, which they have been lenient in enforcing in past years. Food packages which contain logos that may imply religious connotation, such as the trade symbols for Kosher food, have been rejected. This Exporter Guide updates the Saudi regulations and customs clearance procedures for importing food products and highlights issues that U.S. exporters must be aware of when exporting food products to the Saudi market.

  • Power
    Saudi Agriculture Sector Evaluating Solar-Diesel Hybrids

    "Hybrid solar-diesel systems are a viable solution to provide power to Saudi Arabia's poultry producers, many of which are not connected to the national electric grid," says Abdulmohsen Al Shoaibi, managing partner of DarSolar, a Saudi Arabia-based solar engineering firm. "Such solutions can help reduce the industry's heavy reliance on diesel fuel."

  • Saudi Agriculture 2014
    Saudi Agriculture expo attracts 25,000 visitors

    Saudi Agriculture 2014, the 33rd international agriculture, water and agro-industry trade show which was inaugurated by Agriculture Minister Fahd bin Abdul Rahman Balghunaim at Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center here, concluded on Wednesday with exhibitors and visitors applauding the largest agro-food expo of the Middle east. Around 400 companies and individual exhibitors from 40 countries participated in the premier agriculture expo, which started on Sunday and recorded more than 25,000 visitors during the four-day show.