AMMAN, JORDAN – Agriculture Minister Khaled Al-Hneifat said the ministry has been working hard over the past year to create an action plan to raise the country’s ranking in the Global Food Security Index (GFSI).
According to the Jordan News Agency (Petra), two of the initiatives taken to achieve this goal are the creation of a national database for food security and the issuance of a unique system for the Food Security Council.
Al-Hneifat told Petra that the agriculture sector, which supplies about 20 percent of Jordan’s GDP, is the cornerstone of food security and is the most impacted by climate change.
He added that the National Plan for Sustainable Agriculture was launched in 2022 to develop the agriculture industry, ensure Jordan’s food security and equip the country to handle the effects of climate change until 2025.
Al-Hneifat clarified that in order to help farmers deal with the effects of climate change, a program was created to improve sustainability and their capacity to adapt.
The ministry financed 9,777 farmers and provided 233 farmers with state-of-the-art irrigation systems that use less water by facilitating good loans.
In reference to the preservation of plant and animal resources, he reported that a program for the development and sustainability of forests, pastures and the ecosystem had been established.