Industry body calls for setting up higher council for food security in Jordan
Published 13 Jun,2021 via The Jordan Times AMMAN — Representative of the food sector at the Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Raed Hamadah on Saturday called for establishing a higher council for food security in the Kingdom in partnership between the public and private sectors.
Hamadah said that the council should serve in outlining a roadmap that contributes to sustaining a strategic reserve of basic commodities and foodstuff, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
He stressed the importance of establishing the council in light of the "remarkable and rapid" changes in the global prices of goods and services, especially with regard to foodstuff and sea freight.
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