Chickens from a poultry farm are going outside again in Winkel, Netherlands, on April 29, 2020 after health measures were introduced in February, following a case of bird flu in a turkey farm in Germany near the Groningen (Dutch northern province) border. (AFP)

Chickens from a poultry farm. (File photo: AFP)

Abu Dhabi invests in poultry, fish farms for food security

Abu Dhabi

Bloomberg

Published: 15 December ,2020: 06:32 PM GST Updated: 15 December ,2020: 06:41 PM GST

Abu Dhabi is investing $143 million to boost local production of produce, fish, cattle and poultry in its push to improve food security.

Much of the money will go toward using new technologies to improve large-scale production of food in climate-controlled conditions, the Abu Dhabi Government Media Office said on Tuesday in a tweet.

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Abu Dhabi - like the rest of the United Arab Emirates - must import most of its food. The coronavirus pandemic, however, has laid bare the UAE’s vulnerability to disruptions in foreign food supplies.

The biggest single investment is $40 million for Emirates National Poultry Farms, according to the tweet.

The other outlays are for projects by Mirak Agricultural, Aqua Fisheries, Alfafa Co. and Al Nahdha Farm. Abu Dhabi Investment Office is making the investments in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Agricultural & Food Safety Authority.

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