Saudi Arabia’s environment and agriculture ministry and the Food and Agriculture Organization reported that a small-ruminant pilot raised the lambing rate from 0.4 to 0.8, reduced animal mortality from 24% to 8% and doubled milk production. These results refer to the pilot.
The ministry projected that a five-year national-scale programme could generate SAR18 billion in economic value and cut import dependence by nearly half. Those figures are projections for expansion, not realised outcomes.
The ADAFSA agreement provides for training, product promotion and demand insights; the announcement gives no purchase volume, farmer-income outcome or timetable.
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