The 32,700-square-metre facility, supported by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is expected to boost live animal trade and support livestock imports
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Sharjah Livestock Market introduces pre-booking, home delivery services for Eid Al Adha sacrificial animals
The market will be open to the public throughout the days of Eid al-Adha from 6:00 AM until midnight
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Saudi Arabia highlights $20bn livestock and fisheries investment opportunity
Saudi Arabia has lucrative investment opportunities in livestock and fishery sectors says a top government official
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Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development keen to explore investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia
AAAID wants to take advantage of Saudi Arabia’s agricultural resources and its attractive investment climate and active private sector for expanding its investments in the country, chairman said
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Abu Dhabi to vaccinate its entire livestock in a nine-month long campaign
Organised by the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, it will target peste des petits ruminants, foot-and-mouth disease and crystalline inflammation
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Singapore’s Olam Group sells 35.4 percent stake in operating unit to Saudi PIF-owned SALIC for $1.24 billion
The deal was announced a day after the Olam Group delayed a London listing of its food unit – Olam Food Ingredients – due to the war in Ukraine
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Controversy in South Africa over shipment to Kuwaiti abattoir
The NSPCA conducted two inspections at a South African farm where the sheep are being raised which it said revealed abysmal conditions
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Saudi’s Almarai sells 33% stake in United Farmers Holding
Tadawul-listed dairy giant struggled to maintain profitability in 2018
Abu Dhabi
UAE, China to build wholesale market for agricultural products
China and the UAE will look to strengthen cooperation in modern agriculture, such as hydroponics and organic agriculture, apply modern agricultural techniques, especially in irrigation and in using treated water for agriculture
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Australia restricts live sheep exports, but no Middle East ban
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said there will be no ban to the live sheep trade in the Middle Eastern summer,
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In pictures: Muslims preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha
The Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah and in commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim’s readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God.