Abu Dhabi Food and Safety Authority (Abu Dhabi Food and Safety Authority) is organizing a workshop in cooperation with Al Wathba Municipality, Bani Yas Police, Abu Dhabi Waste Management Company and the Bani Yas Department of slaughterhouse, a temporary market place next to Abu Dhabi's Bani Yas slaughterhouse, from August 1 to Eid Al Adha, As part of its efforts to provide effective marketing channels to livestock breeders, encouraging them to market their livestock and maximizing the economic return from animal husbandry. This will ensure the provision of quality local sacrifices to the public and under the direct supervision of the market participants.
"The Sacred Markets organized by the Authority during the Eid Al Adha period in coordination with our partners in the Urban Planning and Municipalities Department are among the seasonal markets that Abu Dhabi Food and Agriculture Authority (ADEC) is regularly organizing as one of the support areas," said Thamer Rashid Al Qassimi, In order to assist them in marketing livestock and enhance the contribution of local livestock to meet the needs of markets in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi of meat and animal products. In general, to establish a culture of self-sufficiency of educators in the process of education through the marketing part of the herd to cover the costs of breeding and multiplying the remaining part and at the same time encouraging the rotation of the herd to reach an economic and sustainable education.
Al Qasimi pointed out that the market will include more than 120 barns to receive the livestock of registered breeders in the market, which range from sheep, goats and other local varieties, to allow farmers to sell their livestock directly to the public, pointing out that the Authority receives a symbolic fee for each fold reserved from In order to contribute to cover part of the organizational cost of the market and the provision of basic services such as electricity and water, adding that the registration is available to educators from the beginning of August until the expiration of empty barns.
Al Qasimi added that the Authority is keen to organize such markets next to the slaughterhouses to encourage the public to abide by the slaughter in the slaughterhouses and raise awareness of the importance of this in ensuring the safety of meat and preserving the environment and enhance the effectiveness of biosecurity, as the indiscriminate slaughtering poses significant environmental and health risks to the individual and society, He pointed out that this type of activities organized by the Authority reflects the great interest in the livestock sector and its development and development as a major pillar of national food security and an important source of sustainable national economy through diversification of sources of income, National self local food products safe health, and the exploitation of local natural resources on the scientific and economic bases capable of competition and sustainability.