{"version":"1","article":{"id":"saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot","slug":"saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot?lang=en","title":"Saudi Arabia and FAO report gains in small-ruminant farming pilot","summary":"The ministry reported better pilot birth and milk indicators; national-scale figures are projections.","category":"agriculture","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-02T23:38:01+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-02T23:38:01+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-04-29","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture","url":"https://www.mewa.gov.sa/en/MediaCenter/News/Pages/mewa-fao-small-ruminants-study.aspx","publishedAt":"2026-04-29","checkedAt":"2026-10-02"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-fao-small-ruminant-farming-pilot?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Saudi Arabia’s environment and agriculture ministry and the Food and Agriculture Organization reported that a small-ruminant pilot raised the lambing rate from 0.4 to 0.8, reduced animal mortality from 24% to 8% and doubled milk production. These results refer to the pilot.","The ministry projected that a five-year national-scale programme could generate SAR18 billion in economic value and cut import dependence by nearly half. Those figures are projections for expansion, not realised outcomes."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The ministry reported better pilot birth and milk indicators; national-scale figures are projections.\n\nSaudi Arabia’s environment and agriculture ministry and the Food and Agriculture Organization reported that a small-ruminant pilot raised the lambing rate from 0.4 to 0.8, reduced animal mortality from 24% to 8% and doubled milk production. These results refer to the pilot.\n\nThe ministry projected that a five-year national-scale programme could generate SAR18 billion in economic value and cut import dependence by nearly half. Those figures are projections for expansion, not realised outcomes.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"}}}