Role and Contributions of Nutrition Security Institutions in Saudi Arabia

Nutrition securityNutrition security is an essential issue of life for residents worldwide. Nutrition securityNutrition security institutionsInstitution play a vital and effective role in ensuring the health and safetySafety of country populationsPopulation. This chapter highlights the roles of these various institutionsInstitution and organizationsOrganization and their contributions to nutrition securityNutrition security in the Saudi Arabia (KSA). In KSA local productionLocal production is insufficient to meet domestic requirements. Some strategies have been suggested to overcome this dilemma by creating opportunitiesOpportunities to build a sustainable agricultural sectorAgricultural sector and promoting national crops, such as date palmsDate palm, which are best suited to the KSA’s climateClimate conditions. In fact, Saudi Vision 2030Saudi Vision 2030 focuses on achieving environmental sustainabilityEnvironmental sustainability and contributing to enhancing sustainable food and nutrition securityNutrition security. The Saudi Food Security StrategyFood security strategy initiativeInitiatives was introduced by the Ministry of Environment, Water and AgricultureAgriculture (MEWA). The main objectives of the MEWA are to ensure the availabilityAvailability and sustainabilitySustainability of strategic commodities by enhancing a permanent food productionFood production system for various differential commodities and increasing the diversityDiversity in external food sources. The MEWA includes the Saudi Grains OrganizationSaudi Grains Organization and National Centre for Palms and DatesNational Centre for Palms and Dates, which both play a major role in food and nutrition securityNutrition security in the KSA. Additionally, the Ministry of HealthMinistry of Health (MoH) contributes very well to nutrition securityNutrition security through its major missionMission, including leading the KSA’s nutrition programNutrition program. Other examples of selected institutionsInstitution and organizationsOrganization that contribute very well to nutrition securityNutrition security are universitiesUniversities, the Saudi Food and Drug AuthoritySaudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), and the Saudi Chambers of Commerce and IndustryChambers of Commerce and Industry.