King OK's food security research chair
The Saudi Gazette
08 June 2010


RIYADH - King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has approved the establishment of a Food Security research chair at King Saud University in Riyadh.

Funded by businessman Muhammad Bin Hussein Al-Amoudi, the chair is to be named the "King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Chair for Food Security", and according to King Saud University President Abdullah Al-Othman will "help achieve the university's aim of scientific advancement in all fields, particularly food security".

"It will focus on what is an important national issue that is closely associated with the comprehensive development the state is seeking to achieve," Al-Amoudi said.

According to Al-Amoudi, food security is a "huge responsibility" described by King Abdullah as "inseparable from national security".

"The chair will be an analytical observatory of the state of food security in the Kingdom and offer advice based on the outcome of documented scientific research to prevent food crises," he said.

© The Saudi Gazette 2010

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