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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ -

    --  Reduce reliance on imported feed, in line with the Kingdom's

        self-sufficiency and food-security goals under the Vision 2030 agenda,

        and the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture's patronage

    --  Encourage innovative and environmentally friendly technological

        solutions to enable the local production and use of renewable and

        sustainable sources of feed in alignment with the ideal locations in the

        kingdom and to maintain natural resources

    --  The grand prize is USD 1 million, whilst the award for each of the five

        shortlisted candidates is set at USD 20,000

    Tanmiah Food Company ("Tanmiah" or the "Company", 2281 on the Saudi

Exchange), a market leading provider of fresh and processed poultry and other

meat products, animal feed and health products, and a foods brand franchise

operator, announced the launch of another edition of the Omnipreneurship Awards

Sustainability Challenge in October.

    The challenge seeks innovative technological solutions to enable the

transition from imported corn and soy-based feed towards sustainable,

nature-positive, and locally produced feed raw materials, to contribute to

local production by obtaining renewable and sustainable feed sources. Tanmiah

consumes over 300,000 metric tons of feed currently, where 100% are imported.

    To mitigate the current dependency on imported feed, align with

self-sufficiency and food security goals in Saudi Arabia, and contribute to

Vision 2030, we aim to provide a solution enabling Tanmiah to produce the feed

locally,

cost-effectively, at an industrial scale, in a nature-positive and sustainable

manner.

    Tanmiah's CEO, Zulifqar Hamadani, highlighted, "The Omnipreneurship Awards

Sustainability Challenge is another critical step that we are taking towards our

strategic goal of becoming a carbon-neutral organization. Driven by our

commitment to align our business operations to one of the Saudi Vision

Realization Programs, the National Transformation Program, we are delighted to

extend an opportunity leading industry experts and other innovator scholars to

showcase innovative solutions to conserve the environment."

    Ahmed Sharaf Osilan, Executive board member and Managing Director of

Tanmiah,

added, "Following the tremendous success of the Challenge in 2020 which saw 93

participants from 41 countries, competing to reduce carbon emissions from food

production and generate commercial value from production waste and the

announcement of the USD 1 million grand prize winner Polymeron, under the

patronage of HE the Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture, we look

forward to new ground-breaking initiatives. The Challenge is in line with the

National Transformation Program, a key pillar of Saudi Vision 2030; Tanmiah is

committed to becoming a more socially responsible corporate citizen, that

continues to play a pioneering role in the Kingdom's food security and

self-sufficiency goals."

    For those interested in participating in the 2022 Omnipreneurship Awards

Challenge and looking to showcase their innovative ideas for sustainable

production and use of poultry feed, please register using the following link:

https://www.omnipreneurshipawards.com/ [https://www.omnipreneurshipawards.com/].

    For Enquiries:

Mohammed Tariq

Chief Sustainability Officer

Tanmiah Food Company

Tel: +966 50 067 4632

Email: muhammad.tariq@tanmiah.com [muhammad.tariq@tanmiah.com]

P.O. Box 86909

Riyadh 11632, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

www.tanmiah.com [https://tanmiah.com/]

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    Source: Tanmiah