Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of ports and industrial zones in the Emirate and Al Dahra Agriculture LLC, an international agribusiness company, have celebrated the ground breaking of their rice milling, storage and distribution plant’s “silos” at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad).
The Dh140 million facility will contribute to the realisation of UAE long-term food security vision, according to Abu Dhabi Ports.
“Currently, we rely on imports for as much as 85 per cent of the country’s food consumption. Abu Dhabi Ports is also trying to contribute to the UAE leadership’s long-term objective of achieving the maximum self-reliance in food production,” said Captain Mohammad Juma Al Shamsi, CEO of Abu Dhabi Ports.
