Q Life Magazine Q Magazine June 2018 | Page 12

| Issue 4 Qatar’s path to self-sufficiency In July 2017, His Excellency Mr Mohammed Abdullah Al Rumaihi, Minister of Environment and Municipality, said he expects Qatar to be 100% self-sufficient in vegetable production by 2020. Since then, Qatar has established four agriculture projects, which will enable Qatar to produce 80 thousand tons of fresh vegetables and fruits annually. More than 500 greenhouses with a total area of 280,000 square meters have been added to the existing capacity of local farms between July and November 2017. 12