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JEDDAH: Beekeeping as a hobby or business is not for the faint-hearted, as a mother-of-six from Hail in northern Saudi Arabia is proving in what has traditionally been a male-dominated industry. Since launching her beekeeping career four years ago, 38-year-old Norah Shawi Al-Shimmari has found sweet success and been dubbed the “Beekeeper of the North.” As the only female
RIYADH: Officials in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a strategic partnership agreement to establish a national data bank for plant genes in the Kingdom. Abdul Rahman Al-Fadhli, minister of environment, water and agriculture, witnessed the signing of the partnership between his ministry and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Riyadh. The research
RIYADH: A Saudi ministry has signed an investment contract for the first “coffee city” in the Kingdom. The dealwith the Agricultural Cooperative Society in Baljurashi, which lasts for 15 years, was signed under the patronage of Abdul Rahman Al-Fadhli, the minister of environment, water and agriculture, and in the presence of Ahmed Al-Ayada, the undersecretary for agriculture.