Nile Valley University Launches Implementation Steps for the “Animal Production City” Project on the Nile River

The Supporting Working Group for the Integrated Animal Production City Project held its first meeting via video conference, chaired by Professor Hassan Al-Haj Hamad Al-Sa’im, Vice-Chancellor of Nile Valley University, and attended by Professor Al-Tijani Al-Mansouri, Federal Minister of Animal Resources, along with representatives from the university’s Faculty of Agriculture, the Ministry of Animal Resources and Economic Affairs of the Nile River State, and representatives from the private sector and those interested in the field of animal resources.

This meeting comes in implementation of Administrative Decision No. (75) issued by the university director, marking a new phase of joint cooperation between the university and the federal ministry.

Professor Al-Sa’im reviewed the tasks of the working group; He provided an overview of the specialized projects targeted in the livestock production city to be established in Al-Abidia, Berber locality, River Nile State. These projects include: a dairy and dairy processing project; a cattle fattening and meat production project; a sheep project; a goat and dairy project; a camel project; a fish farming project; an organic honey production project; a slaughterhouse and red meat processing plant project; a tannery and leather industries project; a processing and by-products project; a bioenergy and organic fertilizer project; a poultry and bird production project (broilers and layers); and a small-scale producers project.

For his part, the Federal Minister of Animal Resources explained the objectives and strategic dimensions of the project, which spans an area of ​​23,000 feddans. He added that the livestock production city will work to attract partnerships and funding from within and outside Sudan.

He pointed to the economic and social importance of the project in developing livestock farming practices and maximizing the utilization of livestock resources, emphasizing that this city will be the nucleus for similar livestock production city projects in the rest of Sudan’s states.

Dr. Rania Khalifa Qurashi, the acting project manager, provided an update on the progress of the work, announcing the official handover of the site and the commencement of the university’s assigned tasks. She also explained that the technical soil testing procedures had been completed by the Nile Valley University’s consulting board as a crucial step for launching the project.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the participants affirmed the project’s vital importance to the River Nile State and Sudan in general, announcing the continuation of a series of periodic meetings to monitor the implementation of the various phases and achieve the desired objectives.