22 Investment Sectors | Agriculture 45 Qatar Economic & Commercial Activities Guide Animal Husbandry As for the animal husbandry sector, this sector has achieved a great production boom in recent years. The self-sufficiency rate of milk and its products has increased from about 28% in 2017 to 100% in 2022, which means that the sufficiency rate has quadrupled during the last five years and achieved Full self-sufficiency in dairy and dairy products. Similarly, the State of Qatar was able to achieve complete selfsufficiency in fresh broiler chicken, after it increased from about 50% in 2017 to 100% in 2022. With regard to red meat, the State’s self-sufficiency rate has increased from 13% in 2017 to about 18% currently, an increase of about 38%, as the National Food Security Strategy aims to achieve a self-sufficiency rate estimated at 30% in the year 2023. In this context, the Ministry proposed ( 8) Strategic projects for raising and fattening local sheep and goats on private sector companies, with the aim of achieving the self-sufficiency rate targeted in the national strategy for food security. Fisheries With regard to the fisheries sector in theState of Qatar, given the importance of preserving the fish stock in the country and not depleting it through increasing marine fishing, it has given special importance to fish farming projects as the appropriate way to increase fish production without affecting the stock. It also opened the Water Research Center in Ras Kitchen, Which is one of the important productive research centers supporting the field of fishery in the country It has now reached 80% self-sufficiency, and it is expected that this percentage will reach 90% within two years, with plans to increase production, as well as fish farming projects, including floating cages projects. There is currently a strategic project in the country for fish farming that is being implemented by a private sector company, and another project for shrimp farming. The two projects are expected to contribute to achieving self-sufficiency rates targeted in the national strategy for food security, which currently stands at 72%, given that the total number of animal husbandry has reached1507543 heads, including 108,749 camels, 42,139 cows, 418,525 goats and 938,130 heads of sheep. The number of operating fisheries reached five, while the 211 estimated bee farms included about 7,313 hives. Statistics The latest statistics show the great development of agricultural production, and according to the agricultural census of 2021 - announced by the Ministry of Municipality, 13,601 greenhouses on farms in 352 farms are using coolers. The areas of unrefrigerated greenhouses increased to 220 hectares in 2022, which in turn led to an increase in their production from 17000 to 20000 tons, while the production of vegetables in open lands increased from 33000 tons. With regard to the production of milk and its derivatives, according to the lateststatistics, it reached 500 tons per day in 2022, covering 83% of local consumption, compared to the production of 154 tons per day in 2017, with a self-sufficiency rate of 24%. Fresh Poultry As for fresh poultry, its production before the blockade amounted to 30 tons per day, with a self-sufficiency rate of 50%, while it has now reached 59 tons, covering 98% of local consumption.
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