Public Authority Of Agriculture Affairs And Fish Resources (PAAFR) celebrated on Wednesday its 40th anniversary of establishment on June 15, 1983.
The authority was founded in order to oversee activity related to the development of agriculture in the country, in addition to the development and protection of Kuwait’s fish resources.
In a statement to KUNA, PAAFR said that it has achieved great accomplishments since it was established, as in the beginning it operated under the Ministry of Public Works, which helped in those accomplishments, and maintained supervising it for 30 years.
PAAFR had established many public parks and developed new methods of cultivation, increasing the number to 179 of public parks in Kuwait, and established 538 roundabouts, as well as planting 462,149 tree.
The authority also supervises land and water usage for agriculture and fish resources purposes, which allows its preservation, as well as supervises fishing activities, in an organized manner that ensures the development of fish resources. Additionally, PAAFR works for the expansion of agriculture in the country, by finding and preparing land to be planted, prioritizing distributing them to farmers, and engaging in research, gathering data and statistics, while offering guidance in the fields of animal, plant and fish resources. Furthermore, PAAFR affirmed coordinating with the concerned authorities to establish an agricultural marketing company that would have service, marketing, distribution and manufacturing centers for the agricultural product, and obliges it to conclude contracts with farmers during the different agricultural seasons.
The authority stressed its keenness to localize industrial activities within agricultural holdings, as it concluded a memorandum of understanding in this regard with the Public Authority for Industry, and is working on issuing a regulation that contributes to encouraging Agricultural tourism and investment.
Regarding animal production, the authority stated that it contributes to the production of meat, eggs and milk, as it aims to develop and sustain livestock in order to achieve self-sufficiency in animal protein at the national level.
On fish resources, the authority said that it has followed a strategy for the sustainable development of fish resources in Kuwait, to protect and preserve it, while working to enhance the role of fish farming projects.
PAAFR called for more cooperation between all concerned authorities, and raising awareness on the value of greening and the importance of preserving it, while highlighting the importance of the media role, to achieve the overall goals of greening.
Source: Kuwait News Agency