- It’s about taking what we need to live now, without jeopardising the potential for people in the future to meet their needs.

- The Qatar National Food Security Program (QNFSP) was established in 2008 and aims to scale back Qatar’s reliance on food imports through self sufficiency.

- A key component of this approach can include the preparation of advanced crop production technologies and advanced irrigation systems.

Qatar Food Security

• Imports 90% of its food

• 9.6% animal products

• 0.4% crops

• Estimated that the money spent on food imports will rise 153%

(3.3 billion dollars) in the next decade.

• 1.6% of qatar's land is arable.

Qatari Vegetables

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WU6ut2U5eA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQOa-Qu0iM

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