Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada inaugurated the first edition of MedFood 2017 exhibition yesterday. The exhibition will provide a big boost to Qatar’s self sufficiency in the area of food and medicine as it puts spotlight on local manufacturers in these sectors.
The three-day exhibition, being held at Sheraton Hotel, is organised by Qatar Chamber in partnership with the Ministry of Energy and Industry.
After a tour around the exhibition, the Minister said the current edition focuses on local industries and companies and will be expanded in coming years to include international products and companies.
The Minister said the first edition of the expo brings together a number of national companies that work in the food industry and pharmaceutical companies, with an aim to achieve more self-sufficiency especially in the field of food and medicine. The Minister revealed the expo represents an important opportunity to introduce the audience to Qatari products and to closely see the initiatives of entrepreneurs in the field of food and medicine.
In addition, the expo will help exchange views and expertise of the producers and businessmen as well as providing the government the chance to exhibit incentives provided in different fields.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman, Qatar Chamber said the expo reflects Qatar’s eagerness to support and strengthen the national food products, in addition it will encourage investors to get involved in new productions in the field of food and medicine.
On the sidelines of the expo, he said that Qatar Chamber responded to the directives of the wise leadership that called on opening the economy to different initiatives and investments that would help on enabling the state to produce its food and medicine, and diversify its income and achieve economic independency. The chamber immediately began organising the expo in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and Industry in order to highlight the national product and provide it with the needed support, he added.
