The Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohammed Al-Huwaij, has stressed the importance of preserving the strategic stock of grain, encouraging its cultivation locally, and increasing the dependence on the local product while purchasing it directly from farmers at encouraging prices.
Al-Huwaij made his comments at a meeting with the Assistant Advisory Committee of the Libyan Grain Bureau, on Wednesday, in the presence of the Chairman and members of the Committee, the Director General of Administrative and Financial Affairs, and the Deputy Director General of the Insurance Supervisory Authority.
The minister urged more efforts to preserve the grain strategic stocks, considering it a matter of national security, as he stressed that encouraging and supporting farmers is at the heart of the work of the Libyan Grain Board.
It may be worth noting that the Libyan Bureau of Grains was formed last year by the Prime Minister before the Minister of Economy and Trade formed the affiliate committee.