05:50 And in general, is the support process being concentrated in certain cities for all sectors, or has the geographical expansion process also started for getting support?
06:04 The program today depends on targeted sectors and a relative distinction for each region. Of course, it varies from one region to another, but it is distributed to all regions of the Kingdom. The northern borders, as everyone knows, include, for example, livestock raising, and also the production of fat and fat, etc.
06:22 The western south enjoys a suitable environmental nature for agriculture, such as Jezan, Asir, Najran, etc., and also the Mecca region. So today, their presence is different in the Kingdom regions according to the relative distinction.
06:37 When we are talking about the conditions, Engineer Ghassan, are there certain conditions for those who benefit from obtaining this support, and are they different from sector to sector?
06:49 Of course, the conditions for obtaining support are the same as those for direct support in the Refugee Development Program.
06:57 The most important condition for those who benefit from obtaining this support is to be qualified for this job under the limited conditions, which is to be a Saudi citizen aged over 21 years, and to have a certificate of free work and also a supporting document.
07:20 This means that the farmer is not subject to any kind of training or cultivation during the year, and this is supported. So today, we are focusing on the final production for the beneficiary.
07:30 What is the minimum and maximum limit for the support and beneficiaries from Engineer Ghassan, and is there any direction for increasing this minimum limit for some sectors?
07:43 Of course, the average support value that is spent today for the farmers is not any lower than this. Today, we support the production that is produced by this farmer, and there is no lower limit for it, but it reaches 54,000 per year.
07:58 This is the maximum support limit. Of course, the program is being implemented today, and in the next three years, we will study the changes and increases in costs, workers, and the job itself.
08:13 So if there is a need today to increase the support value, then God willing, it will be increased in the next three years.
08:19 Engineer Ghassan, what is the cost today, or what is the cost increase that can affect the farmers today, and also their products, despite the support that the program is providing?
08:32 Of course, there are many factors today. It depends on the type of activity that is being practiced, or the small farmers that are being farmed.
08:42 Today, there are many factors, such as the labor cost, the price of diesel and gasoline, and the geographical nature of the same farm that has agricultural activities, and the ease of water access to this farm.
08:59 So of course, we have many factors, but they are being studied with meaningful strategies, and if this is needed today, in conjunction with the economic situation, then these support values will be increased in the coming period, God willing.
09:15 But now, thank God, the support values represent an improvement, I mean, today, this support has made an improvement in the level of income of small farmers.
09:25 Okay, today, other than the financial support that is being provided, what are the other products that the program is providing, to help the farmers to improve their production, Engineer Ghassan?
09:39 Of course, we have projects, or let's say objectives, that we are working on, to develop the craftsmanship and skills of small farmers.
09:50 We have set the same objectives, which are the craftsmanship and skills, marketing, and the development of support chains, we have set the model farms, also the guidance and training process, and also the water access to these farms.
10:04 Of course, these are the factors that small producers and small farmers need today, to develop them, to reach the baseline, for those who are very active, to be able to have an agricultural record, and to achieve this goal in a bigger way, and also to contribute to the agricultural economy in this area.
10:28 How many agricultural records have you reached now, Engineer Ghassan, and how are these records being distributed as agricultural sectors?
10:37 The program has reached today, more than 95,000 free public records, agricultural records.
10:42 Of course, if we talk about what has taken a bigger and smaller percentage today, we have, for example, the cultivation of fruits, beans, and also the economic support and the training of livestock, this has taken a higher percentage of these records.
10:54 Please stay with us, Engineer Ghassan Bakry, the Secretary General of the Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development.
11:00 We will also talk about the duration of the study of the demand for beneficiaries and the economic impact of the program on the overall local result of the Kingdom.
