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07-03-2019 Media in\ Abu Dhabi
The Farmers Service Center in Abu Dhabi updated the supply chain from farm to table using new machines for sorting, packaging and packaging agricultural products from vegetables and fruits and developing pre-supply operations for the markets as part of the efforts of the Farmers Service Center in Abu Dhabi to strengthen the local product market.
The center provided three machines for sorting, sorting, packing and packaging of local products from the farmers at the sorting and packaging center in Bani Yas. Between 100 and 160 tons of vegetables and fruits are received daily during the peak season. this period of time.
The operating capacity of the new tomato sorting machine is estimated at about 4 tons per hour, while the operation capacity of the sorting machine is estimated at 2 tons per hour. The packing machine is estimated at about 1500 units per hour. The paper box processing machine has an operating capacity of about 1600 boxes per hour.
The new sorting machines are characterized by their ability to maintain the quality of the local product and provide the markets and traders with high quality vegetables and fruits. It also helps to reduce the waste rate of damaged products. The machine achieves the ability to sort the damaged products more than manual sorting by 60 to 70% Efficiently distribute products while reducing dependence on labor and finally improve the image of the local product in the market and present it to consumers in an attractive manner.
As a result of the modernization of the supply chain from the farm to the market, the duration of domestic products from the farm to the market has decreased from 24 hours last season to 16 hours this season, maintaining the quality of the products to fresh to consumers and the quantity of agricultural products has tripled In the last two months compared to the same period last year. The products ranked in the first category increased to 78% of the total products supplied from Abu Dhabi farms, thanks to the efforts of the Center to develop the awareness of farmers and encourage them to apply the best Of agricultural practices that increase the quality and quantity of farm production.
Zafer Al Qasimi, Director of Operations and Trade at the Farmers Service Center, said that the supply chain starts from the receiving centers of the agricultural products that are located near the farms. There are 15 receiving centers in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The farmers supply their products to them and then they are sorted by quality engineers. The center has three main centers for sorting, packaging and distribution in Baniyas, Al Ain and Zayed City in Al Dhafra area. It handles about 900 tons of fruit vegetables each week, while the operational capacity of each of these centers is about 1 160 to 200 tons of vegetables and fruits daily, with round-the-clock rotation. About 60 per cent of these products are supplied to major supermarkets and retailers such as Carrefour, Lulu, Spinneys and Choittram.
“We seek to increase the income of farmers by marketing their products in an attractive manner, which is preceded by many steps from the beginning of agriculture till harvest, where we are working to improve agricultural practices and improve the quality of agricultural products to be acceptable to consumers,” Al Qassimi told reporters during a tour of the sorting, packaging and distribution center in Baniyas today. And meet the highest international standards. ”
He stressed that the modernization of the supply chain helps to enhance the competitiveness of local products and highlight their advantages as fresh products of high quality. The Center is keen to provide the market and its customers with high quality products that meet the aspirations of consumers and highlight the efforts to modernize the agricultural sector in Abu Dhabi
