CATERING & FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT IN DOHA QATAR   

Catering & Food Service Equipment Description: Can't get enough of your Haas avocados, Australian beef, and crumbly Walkers shortbread? You've got your local food importer to thank for bringing your favourites to the grocery shelf.As an arid peninsula with an ever-increasing population, Qatar has been hard-pressed to meet local demands for food, resulting in it importing over 90% of its food. Its limited access to fertile land, water, and inhospitable have led to growing concerns about food security, which the government has tried to remedy over the past decade.One of the fastest growing economies in the world, Qatar aims to rectify the situation by utilising ‘cutting edge technology’ to establish a sustainable approach to food security for dry land countries. Its flagship program is the Qatar National Food Security Program (QNFSP) whose goal is to team up with international organizations and other NGOs to develop practices to utilize resources efficiently within the agricultural sector. Established in 2008, it aims to reduce Qatar’s reliance on food imports through self sufficiency. The QNFSP also hopes to shore up domestic agricultural production and food processing. Focusing on the later helps to increase the shelf-life of food, reduce raw food losses and enable the continuity of product availability, to better the nation's food security.The recent embargo on Qatar has also seen it ramp up its investment in local production. Decades-old food importer Agrico opened a farming arm in 2012, which has grown into one of the ... Read More...

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