Minister of Municipality HE Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie revealed the Ministry's future plans and initiatives in the field of developing services, advancing the agricultural and fisheries sectors, and enhancing food security.
In an interview with Al-Raya newspaper, His Excellency announced the Ministry's plans and programs during the coming period, which include: agricultural support initiatives for farm owners and farms, the development of farms and their complexes, projects to increase the productivity of agricultural crops, and raising self-sufficiency in red meat, eggs, milk, and poultry.
He noted the waste treatment and recycling projects, rehabilitation and management of transfer stations, projects for planting green fodder using treated water, producing concentrated feed, fresh fish and shrimp, as well as an integrated program for food waste, and the initiative to enhance the capabilities of research stations and agricultural laboratories.
HE Minister drew attention to initiatives in the field of urban planning, which includes: development and implementation of an integrated national plan for infrastructure at the state level, development of the urban planning management framework, the management of the infrastructure planning database, amending the public and private state property law, amending the law on the temporary expropriation and seizure of real estate for the public benefit, noting that workers housing is studied and confined to residential neighborhoods, the phenomenon of random warehouses within residential neighborhoods, and the improvement of the aesthetic elements of public places.
His Excellency confirmed that the Ministry will continue to implement the National Food Security Strategy according to what is planned and hoped, pointing out that great progress has been achieved in the pillars of that strategy, which include local production, internal supply chains, foreign trade and logistics, and strategic warehousing.
HE praised the support of the private sector to participate in food security projects and encourage national investments, pointing out that the Ministry has put forward many agricultural projects during the past periods to private investors in order to achieve self-sufficiency rates set by the food security strategy.
In his press statement, HE said that a plan to secure food, choose alternative lines, and choose the countries from which it can be imported, indicating that this plan is updated periodically so that each commodity comes from three to five diverse sources from different countries of the world.
Regarding plans to prepare cities for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, whether at the level of greening, beautification, or other matters, HE said that the Ministry had started from an early age to coordinate with the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy in preparing general plans related to the Ministry's role in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
It's a role that started from the first moments of choosing and preparing the appropriate sites for stadiums, fans areas and training areas, then developing plans for many of the tasks and works of the Ministry, such as cleaning work during events in the main stadiums areas, fans areas, training areas, and public areas to accommodate the expected increase in the number of visitors, preparing public gardens to receive the public, and food security plans to accommodate the demand for food from local and imported production in coordination with the relevant authorities, and food control during events in coordination with the relevant authorities, ensuring the flow of technical and public services through the various municipalities, and developing a plan to establish, equip and operate an operations center to enhance the level of cyber security, His Excellency added.
