Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) has inaugurated the first Saudi farm exporting Murciano goats in Riyadh.
Agriculture Agency represents MEWA and the farm was inaugurated in the presence of Ministry’s Undersecretary for Agriculture Eng. Ahmed bin Saleh Al-Ayada.
The livestock breeders received the license for the first time to export this distinctive quality of goats in the kingdom.
Murciano or Murcia-Granada goat breed produces an average 800 to 1000 liters of milk annually, with a lactation period of about 210 days, according to the Director-General of the General Animal Production Department at the ministry, Al-Arabi Al-Ameem.