Examining Qatar’s National Food Security Strategy from 2018 to 2023.” It aided me in broadening my research and developing my argument as to whether Qatar is cautious of or incorporates the environmental damage as well as how well they ensure food security. As a country with a high rate of pollution, Qatar prioritizes or devotes more attention to capitalism than to ecological issues. Through my research and study of these local documents, I discovered that the Qatar national food strategy plan from the food security department, demonstrates that Qatar tries to minimize environmental harm, whether it is food waste, climate issues and ensures food security. Some of the aims that this department has set are through “guaranteeing that trade routes are varied enough to limit risk exposure, progressing food from the port, helping to ensure that food losses and waste are minimized), with regulatory requirements that promote competition and product liability, and having adequate a sensible reserve capacity to serve as a backup in moments of crisis, both for inputs (water, seeds, fertilizer) and outputs (food products). Researchers also aim to efficiently cultivate crops such as livestock and fish inside the bounds of Qatar’s natural resource base to guarantee a reliable source of decomposable procedure in critical situations.” As they also provide a framework that allows local produce companies to balance their production while minimizing environmental destruction.
This all confirms that Qatar appears to be trying to restrict and inefficient agricultural practices via different approaches that various departments partnered on to formulate a complete plan to tackle this issue. As I would now argue that Qatar is indeed aware of the damage created on its environment and they are improving the agriculture produce although they have to start taking action in terms of practicing and implementing their food strategy plan as only minor changes can be observed in which they are still focusing on expanding capitalism. Linking it to the “After oil” Article as we are now living and experiencing petroculture, where we can see the shift in our society and how the power of fossil fuels and the advantages it brings to our country. This article raises an important argument that would fit the current situation in Qatar which is to transition to different sources of energy that don’t revolve around fossil fuels. As in Qatar local produce companies use fossil fuels for many different reasons whether it’s for a labor machine that produces food products or even the packing used for tour food they all require large amounts of fossil fuels. Therefore using more reliable and environmental energy sources will allow those local companies to minimize the damage they cause towards the environment and have a safer approach to food security as well.
