KUWAIT: The director general of the Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs And Fish Resources, Eng Nasser Taqi, announced the authority’s plan for the Kuwait national holidays. He said the aim is to promote positive culture and social responsibility among the public while preserving the environment.

Taqi told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Wednesday, after meeting with the chairman of the board of directors of the Kuwaiti Association for Festivals, Dr Tariq Al-Obaid, and the general supervisor, Nasser Al-Mahalhal, that the efforts of the authority and the association and their cooperation in this regard focus on working to instill the concept of national loyalty and community partnership as a whole.

He mentioned that the (sustainable agricultural tourism) initiative, in cooperation with the Association Kuwaiti Festivals, represents a qualitative leap towards promoting sustainable green initiatives in the community and providing a distinguished model for consolidating its principles.

He added that this is done through qualitative community initiatives within the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the achievement of the seventeenth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals on Community Partnership, the formation of successful partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society based on common goals and visions, and the consolidation of sustainability principles.

He noted the full support of the Agriculture Authority for the initiative launched by the association to promote agricultural tourism and sustainable agriculture, which would support productive farming and urge citizens to pay attention to national products.

For his part, the chairman of the board of directors of the Kuwaiti Association for Festivals, Dr Tarek Al-Obaid, confirmed in a similar statement to KUNA that the association has taken upon itself to fully strive to establish meaningful national activities. Al-Obaid explained that these efforts fall under the cooperation of the Agriculture Authority, based on their joint keenness to improve Kuwait.

He pointed out that the initiative of the association (agricultural tourism) will receive great attention and keenness from the authority as it supports the national product. It is noteworthy that the Kuwaiti Association for Festivals launched an initiative under the name of ‘Sustainable Agricultural Tourism’ to promote the concept of food security, support national producers and Kuwaiti farmers, and achieve sustainable development for the United Nations.

The initiative falls within the scope of the government’s work program (2023–2027) on supporting national agricultural products. It is sponsored by the Agriculture Authority and aims to support the agricultural sector as a whole. — KUNA