Amman: Minister of Agriculture, Khaled Hneifat, on Sunday stressed the ministry’s keenness to preserve “quality” of the local sheep product and advance the livestock sector.

During his meeting with Director of Livestock Segregation Centers at the Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Dr. Saleh Al-Saad, Hneifat said the Jordanian ministry has begun work on establishing 3 veterinary hospitals in the Kingdom’s regions, modernizing animal and plant laboratories and providing them with the “latest” equipment.

Hneifat also referred to efforts to provide vaccines that protect the Kingdom’s sheep wealth, pointing to the ministry’s procedures for organizing and developing Jordan’s livestock sector.

Additionally, Hneifat valued cooperation of the Saudi Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Water and its workers with Jordan’s livestock sector and sustainability of joint collaboration and coordination to serve common interests.

Source: Jordan News Agency