New Projects Aim to Achieve Food Security in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Tanmiah Food Co. announced a plan to invest SAR 4.5 billion ($1.2 billion) by 2030 to cover 80% of poultry needs locally by 2025. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Saudi Arabia’s Tanmiah Food Co. announced a plan to invest SAR 4.5 billion ($1.2 billion) by 2030 to cover 80% of poultry needs locally by 2025. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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New Projects Aim to Achieve Food Security in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Tanmiah Food Co. announced a plan to invest SAR 4.5 billion ($1.2 billion) by 2030 to cover 80% of poultry needs locally by 2025. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Saudi Arabia’s Tanmiah Food Co. announced a plan to invest SAR 4.5 billion ($1.2 billion) by 2030 to cover 80% of poultry needs locally by 2025. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia’s Tanmiah Food Co. announced on Thursday a plan to invest SAR 4.5 billion ($1.2 billion) by 2030 to cover 80% of poultry needs locally by 2025 and achieve food security and sustainability in the Kingdom.

During a ceremony held in Riyadh, Saudi Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli oversaw the launch of new projects aimed at achieving self-sufficiency.

Tanmiah Food Co. signed four agreements with the Agricultural Development Fund (ADF), Saudi Investment Recycling Co. (SIRC), and the National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification, in addition to a strategic partnership for food development with the EU's largest poultry producer MHP.

These agreements aim to cover the Kingdom's needs and achieve self-sufficiency in poultry production, in addition to increasing green areas and reducing pollution.

Moreover, the agreements contribute to strengthening the role of the private sector as a key partner in achieving the goals of Saudi Arabia’s national transformation plan, Vision 2030.

Tanmiah also announced the launch of a community partnership initiative with small investors in the poultry industry to produce 1.2 million chickens per day, as well as the adoption of a new healthy production line called “Tanmiah Life”, for healthy poultry products supported with Omega 3.

Tanmiah is one of the national companies operating in the sector of fresh and frozen poultry, processed meat products and animal feed.

Besides being a public company listed on the Saudi Tadawul, Tanmiah is the leading provider of poultry and other meat products in the Middle East and North Africa region. It has been able to obtain the approved global standard for food safety from the British Retail Consortium.



GASTAT: Saudi Industrial Production Index Up 2.0% in March 2025

GASTAT released on Sunday its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025
GASTAT released on Sunday its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025
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GASTAT: Saudi Industrial Production Index Up 2.0% in March 2025

GASTAT released on Sunday its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025
GASTAT released on Sunday its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) released on Sunday its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025, revealing a 2.0% increase in the overall index compared to March 2024.
According to the data, manufacturing activities recorded a significant growth of 5.1% on an annual basis, and the index of water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities also increased by 15.0%.
The mining and quarrying activity saw a slight decrease of 0.2%, and the electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply index also declined by 0.9%.
The IPI for main economic activities showed a modest 0.5% rise in the oil activities index, while non-oil activities recorded a substantial increase of 5.6% compared to March 2024.
GASTAT issues the IPI monthly to measure relative changes in the volume of industrial output. The index is calculated based on the industrial production survey, which samples establishments in key industrial sectors including mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation.