RIYADH, 1 October 2003 — The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority is willing to consider applications from investors in the organic food sector as the Kingdom is set to encourage organic farming without the use of artificial fertilizers and pesticides.
However, a meeting on “Organic Food and the Scope for Growth” felt that there should be internationally accepted guidelines for the production of organic food as the starting point for this new venture.
The meeting, at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was organized under the auspices of Minister of Agriculture Dr. Fahd Balghanaim.
An exhibition on organic food was also held on the sidelines of the meeting. The Kingdom’s biggest producer of organic food, Watania, had on display its wide range of organic produce ranging from a variety of vegetables to ostrich and emu eggs produced at its organic farm in Qasim.
