Prices of frozen chicken have increased by 20 to 30 per cent over the past few weeks, after an increase in prices in the international market.

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The price of poultry products in Qatar is rising categorically, due to a severe shortage in supply and the inability of local farms to meet the growing demand, according to local media source, The Penninsula.

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The first concern of the Emir of Qatar is the prosperity and security of the tiny kingdom. To achieve that, he knows no limits.

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Accessible only to non-Muslims with an alcohol licence, the QDC store in Doha began selling packets of sausages and bacon from QR28 ($7.6) in the run up to Christmas.

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The Gulf State’s Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani issued a decree this year to organise the Qatar National Food Security Program (QNFSP), Reuters reports.

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The Doha Municipality destroyed more than 2,000 crates of eggs at various retail outlets across the city last month as they were found to have outlived their validity but were still being sold by unscrupulous stores. A crate of eggs contains 30 pieces. Eggs are especially fragile during the summer months so must be bought with some care.

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Hassad Food Company intends to invest between $500 million and $700 million this year for projects across the world as part of its mission to ensure food security for Qatar, chairman and managing director Nasser bin Mohamed Mubarak al-Fuhaid al-Hajri has said. "Our five pillars are production and supply of rice, sugar, grain, meat (white and red) and animal feed," he explained after the company’s first ordinary general assembly meeting yesterday, 31 May, reports Gulf Times.

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A demonstration project has raised hopes of improving soil conditions and of growing crops using microbial technologies in Qatar, internationally-acclaimed environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Rajendra K Pachauri has stated. The New Delhi-based Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), of which Pachauri is the director-general, was involved in the demonstration project in Dukhan, where “hyper-saline waste land” of about 4,000sq m was made “productive” using microbial fertilisers a couple of years ago. Pachauri told Gulf Times yesterday that within a year of launching the Dukhan demonstration project, the physical and chemical properties of the soil were “significantly altered” and a “better ecosystem” was created as evident by the presence of earthworms, various birds and insects.

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A number of farms in the north of the country are being turned into livestock raising facilities since their owners do not see any economic benefit in pursuing cultivation.

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A number of farms in the north of the country are being turned into livestock raising facilities since their owners do not see any economic benefit in pursuing cultivation. Farming in Qatar remains a challenging business not only because of harsh climatic conditions and lack of water but also because state backing to the sector is nil or negligible. And whatever little quantities of vegetables are grown in the country also face a serious threat as farmers are switching fast to animal feed cultivation due to skyrocketing prices. Animal feed commands almost three times the price in Qatar as in other GCC countries due to rapidly growing demand.

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THE Hassad Food Group, backed by the Qatar Investment Authority, has purchased Clyde Agriculture's Clover Downs sheep station in Queensland for $18.5 million. The Australian Financial Review reports that the deal adds to Hassad Food's $25 million Kaldbro Station acquisition in Victoria earlier this year and follows a string of high-profile farm purchases, signifying Australian agriculturual properties are in demand.

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Qatar-based Hassad Food has initiated its investment in Australian ­agriculture with the purchase of the prized Kaladbro Estate in far western Victoria. According to The Australian Financial Review, Hassad is backed by the Qatar Investment Authority, and chairman and managing director, Nasser Mohammed Fhaid Al Hajri said the group's investment in Australia will be for the long term as it seeks to produce livestock for overseas markets.

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Qatar has imposed a temporary ban on the import of meat and poultry products from Spain, following the discovery of a new strain of bird flu virus- H7N7

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Qatar has imposed a temporary ban on the import of meat and poultry products from Spain

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Qatar has imposed a temporary ban on the import of meat and poultry products from Spain, following the discovery of a new strain of bird flu virus--H7N7--in the country

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The Supreme Council of Health has scotched rumours about the spread of a new pandemic known as Q-Fever. Q-Fever is a known infectious disease but it currently does not cause any concern worldwide, the SCHSCH said in a statement issued yesterday.

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The investment in the poultry industry in Qatar is quite staggering. Eggs and chicken are expected to be much cheaper once a number of mega poultry projects which are being launched in the country go on stream over the next few years.

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A'Saffa Poultry based in Oman is to supply Qatar with 20 per cent of its poultry and egg demands

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The recent activity in the poultry industry in the Middle East has seen plans on the table of poultry complexes that are state of the art world leaders. Hassad Food has signed a deal to set up a new poultry project with Oman-based A'Saffa Poultry Farms.

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Zad Holding Company has announced the launch of a major poultry production project to meet the growing need of the local market. The project, arguably the biggest in the region, is expected to fill the demand-supply gap of the fresh poultry products in the local market, Tareq Mohammed, Executive President of the company told

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Capacity-building of laboratories should be the top priority in the Middle East, according to delegates at the 10th Conference of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Regional Commission in Doha. Participants in

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A number of employees at the Qatar Poultry Company have been suspended pending an inquiry after being accused of selling expired products and violating health standards. Employees

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Hassad Foods is eyeing a number of investments to help imporve the country's food security, one of which is a large egg production unit. Arabian Business

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QATAR - Poultry products prices have risen recently, a development blamed on consumers in Europe fearful of H1N1 flu, as well as other food price increases.

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