Middle East Poultry Expo heads to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.
audi Arabia’s poultry industry could be worth SR17bn ($4.5bn) by 2025, according to Kingdom Vision 2030 targets.
Ahead of proposed expansion Saudi Arabia is set to host the second edition of the Middle East Poultry Expo starting on Monday, May 1.
The three-day event is held under the patronage of Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahamn bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhly at Riyadh International Centre for Conferences and Exhibitions, under the theme “Global Innovations for a Prosperous Industry”.
Saudi poultry industry
It is expected to attract more than 200 companies from 37 countries and a host of elite experts in the poultry, fodder and animal health sectors.
The exhibition aims at enhancing investment opportunities in the poultry industry, and at providing an ideal platform to bring together local investors, importers and global expert companies to achieve the national strategy of promoting the industry, as well as food security.
According to the targets of the Kingdom Vision 2030, the poultry sector, considered among the fastest growing in the Middle East, is scheduled to pump SR17bn ($4.5bn) to the state budget by 2025 and is expected to achieve 80% self-sufficiency in poultry meat by 2025.