MANAMA: Bahrain’s main investment promotion agency is set to play a key role in the country’s food security strategy, its top official has said.
Khalid Humaidan, the chief executive of the Economic Development Board (EDB), an investment promotion agency with overall responsibility for attracting investment into the kingdom and supporting initiatives that enhance the investment climate, told a virtual media briefing yesterday that the importance of food security was put in sharper focus due to the disruptions in global supply chains as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic .