RIYADH: A workshop is being held Sunday under the patronage of the Minister of Trade and Industry entitled “Strategic Food Product Storage”. Organized by the Food Security Committee at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the workshop will have in attendance the Minister of Trade and Industry Fahd Balghanaim. Sa'ad Al-Khuraif, chairman of the Food Security Committee, said that the workshop would also have representatives present from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Grain and Silos and Flour Mills Organization, and that it would look at strategic storage and its economic and social importance, the role of the private agricultural sector in forming the infrastructure for the strategic storage of food products, as well as international experience in the field. “It will also look at advanced countries' efforts to fill the gap and secure food in times of crisis, and Saudi investment abroad and its importance in strategic storage,” he said. “The workshop hopes to throw light on the importance of the strategic storage of food for economic and social stability and formulate joint visions.”
