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Jordan's Economic Modernisation Vision (EMV) Workshop: Focus on Agriculture and Food Security Sector

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Launched under Royal directives three years ago, the Economic Modernisation Vision (EMV) has positioned the agriculture and food security sector as a key pillar of national transformation. The recent workshops highlighted the sector's central role in driving economic growth, job creation, and regional development. The EMV aims to leverage Jordan's strategic geographical location and proximity to high-demand markets to elevate the sector, increase agricultural production using modern technologies, and ensure sustainable food security.

Key Takeaways:

  • The EMV identifies Jordan's strengths in the agriculture and food security sector, including its strategic geographical location, influential sector in society, and existence of research centres and laboratories that ensure control of food safety.
  • The vision aims to elevate Jordan in developing agricultural production using modern agricultural technologies, meeting current and future agricultural production needs to ensure sustainable food security, improving the sector's food value added, and developing supply chains.
  • Major initiatives of the sector include establishing a specialised body for food security, setting up a digital food data system, establishing an integrated agri-food and processed food complex, rethinking agricultural financing and insurance subsidies, and expanding the use of modern technologies.
  • Key achievements for the first phase include the institutionalising of food security through the establishment of the Supreme Council for Food Security, increasing agricultural exports by about JD560 million, and the establishment of six food industry factories.
  • The sector continues to face challenges from the farmers' side, including a lack of skills related to manpower-intensive work, the reliance on traditional methods due to the high cost of technology, and the lack of stable markets.
  • Food security expert Fadel El Zubi stressed that technology is the solution to climate change, citing the use of drones and robots in agricultural work as a game-changer.
  • The EMV highlights cooperation as a part of the solution, with cooperatives becoming a 'virtual' concept, where ownership and production tools are bigger and greater.
  • The workshops are intended to keep the vision responsive to international shifts and local needs, ensuring its alignment with best practices and its potential to deliver measurable results.

Statistics:

  • Jordan's agricultural sector accounts for 10% of the country's GDP (Source: Jordan Times).
  • The EMV aims to increase agricultural production using modern technologies, meeting current and future agricultural production needs to ensure sustainable food security (Source: EMV).
  • Over the past three years, agricultural exports increased by about JD560 million (Source: Jordan Times).
  • The sector has a high percentage of small and medium enterprises operating in the sector, with private sector participation reaching 50% (Source: EMV).

Sources:

  • "EMV Focuses on Agriculture and Food Security" - The Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) - 2025
  • "Economic Modernisation Vision" - Royal Hashemite Court (Jordan) - 2022
  • "Food Security Expert: Technology is the Solution to Climate Change" - The Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) - 2025

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