SA’D SHANNAK,RAKA JOVANOVIC,ANTONIO SANFILIPPO
DOI: https://doi.org/This paper provides an integrated framework for optimizing the distribution of agricultural products in Qatar, in which the goal is to balance imports and local production to satisfy total demand at minimum costs. Based on the Qatar National Food Security Strategy (QN-FSS), a new mathematical model is devised that incorporates economic, environmental, and policy constraints including the agricultural land, water, and energy resources available, as well as import diversity and resilience to disruptions. Such an integrated framework holistically targets Qatar’s arid climate challenges through the utilization of agricultural technologies and sustainable practices whilst elucidating self-sufficiency rates, price differentials and import distribution through its unique analysis in the agriculture sector. The results show in situations where of 3 partners imported, the best-distributed results are always 40 percent, 30 percent, and 30 percent to achieve the minimum-cost price based on 2022, which is in accordance with QNFSS regarding imports. Whoever increasingly with more import partners, distribution result becomes price, which develops the requirement for better government coordination. Combining mathematical modeling with policy insights, this research provides important insight into optimal resource allocation and food security improvements in Qatar.
