Qatar crisis: Air-lifted cows start arriving in Doha

[Gothic]

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Image captionThese cows were already in Qatar before the blockade
Cattle has been flown into Qatar to boost milk supplies amid a blockade of the country led by Saudi Arabia.

The 165 Holstein dairy cows arrived from Germany - the first of about 4,000 cattle due to be imported.

Air, sea and land restrictions have caused turmoil in Qatar, which is dependent on imports to meet the basic needs of its 2.7 million residents.

The Saudi-led bloc warned of new measures against Qatar after it rejected their demands.

New dairy brand
The cows arrived on a Qatar Airways cargo plane via Budapest on Tuesday and were taken to a new, purpose-built dairy.

Qatari firm Power International has bought the cattle, with chairman Moutaz al-Khayyat telling Bloomberg last month that once all the cows were flown in, they would meet about 30% of the country's dairy needs.

The products will be sold under a new dairy brand Mr al-Khayyat has launched.

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It has been five weeks since Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates began the boycott over Qatar's alleged support of terrorism and ties with Iran. Qatar denies wrongdoing.

Before the blockade, most of the dairy products sold in Qatar were imported across the land border with Saudi Arabia.

The Gulf kingdom has also been looking at securing new trade routes and suppliers of food, including yoghurt imported from Turkey and dried goods from Morocco and Iran.



Halal , Halal

 

[Hack-Hook]

now who want to airlift the food for those cows to Qatar ?

 

[Gothic]

Iran !

 

[Azadkashmir]

india got plenty of cows time to airlift to qatar.

 

[El Sidd]

Lol

Hungry fatties

 

[friendly_troll96]

Moooooooooooo

 

[Gothic]

Watch Qatar fly in cows to ease milk shortage

Qatar has taken delivery of 165 cows that were airlifted into the Gulf state to ease a milk shortage caused by sanctions imposed by its neighbors.
They are the first shipment for local dairy company, Baladna, which is ramping up production just weeks after four Arab states -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt -- cut off diplomatic ties.


The four states also cut transport links with Qatar. Saudi Arabia closed Qatar's only land border, cutting off vital imports including dairy products.

Baladna said it was trying to compensate for a shortage of dairy products. It said it planned to import a total of 4,000 cows to meet 30-35% of Qatar's dairy demand.

The first cows, purchased from a German supplier, arrived Tuesday on a Qatar Airways flight from Budapest, Hungary. Other cows are expected to be sourced from the Netherlands, the U.S. and Australia.

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Qatar relies heavily on imported food, a third of which used to come from Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

And the gas-rich state has had to move quickly to find alternatives.

Within days of the embargo, Turkish and Iranian products filled empty shelves in the supermarkets and local factories ramped up production.



Qatar airlifts in cows after Arab embargo cuts milk supplies


http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/12/news/qatar-flying-cows-milk-shortage/index.html

 

[El Sidd]

The world has literally come to politics over beef and milk.

Humans are de evolving.

 

[The SC]

Qatar does not have much water, that is another big problem!

 

[raptor22]

Qatar does not have much water, that is another big problem!

thanks to their Arab brothers ,

 

[The SC]

thanks to their Arab brothers ,

Nope, thanks to Qatar's natural resources..it is mostly a desert area..

 

[Imran Khan]

they have so much money why cant they turn desert a green farm ? if they work seriously they can turn qatar a green farm house

 

[raptor22]

Nope, thanks to Qatar's natural resources..it is mostly a desert area..

I meant those whom blocked their airspace\routes off to this country knew it and also the fact that Qatar almost import everything and despite it they did in the middle of Ramadan. if you want to put pressure on a country why make ordinary people suffer?

 

[Full Moon]

I meant those whom blocked their airspace\routes off to this country knew it and also the fact that Qatar almost import everything and despite it they did in the middle of Ramadan. if you want to put pressure on a country why make ordinary people suffer?

They simply didn't invest in dairy and food production locally. KSA doesn't have much water either, but it did relatively invest in food industry for a long time. I am not exaggerating if I say that dairy industry in KSA is the most successful industry we could achieve (along with Petrochemicals). Qatar has relied on us so much perhaps far more than what they should. But make no mistake, Qatar's cash and gas reserves will permit them to import as much as they can for decades, or better, invest in global agricultural or food businesses around the world. This piece of news is just flashy. If you travel to Doha today, you will hardly realize that there is a blockade.

 

[Fledgingwings]

Indians are going to be crazy rich