(MENAFN- The Peninsula) H E Ahmad bin Amer M Al Humaidi, Minister of Environment and Tatsuo Yasunaga, President & CEO of MITSUI & Co, Ltd Japan, had a discussion regarding their cooperation for implementation of Social Development Program (SDP) in agriculture sector in Qatar. The meeting was attended by Dr Sheikh Faleh bin Nasser Al Thani, Assistant Undersecretary for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resource.
The agricultural social development programs in the pipeline of the Ministry of Environment include researches related to reducing the water consumption used for irrigation, and selection of high yielding crops, and wild pastoral plants with low consumption of water, in addition to research on date palms.
The research and activities are linked to environmental development, which is considered one of the main thrust of Qatar Vision 2030. In 2013, Qatar launched the Global Alliance for dry lands aimed at working to promote all matters relating to food security in dry regions by conducting joint research, financing and developing Policies.
The research stations of the Ministry of environment will play an important role in this field through cooperation with Mitsui program, which is estimated at QR15m. The Japanese company Mitsui has begun its work in the State of Qatar since 1979 through a variety of business projects, including in the liquefied gas sector, electricity, water and chemical products.
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