AMMAN, Oct. 21 (Petra) – The National Strategy for the Food Processing Industry (2027–2029) establishes a structural transformation roadmap centered on seven strategic pillars, designed to position Jordan as a regional food manufacturing and logistics hub.

Developed by the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Supply alongside the USAID Economic Reform Activity, the Jordan Chamber of Industry, and key public-private partners, the strategy translates its core policy tracks into an operational portfolio of 18 strategic initiatives. The framework aligns value-chain diagnostic mapping with macro-level growth targets to maximize economic impact and optimize capital allocation across the sector.

The strategy introduces measurable executive programs spanning regulatory modernization, quality assurance, and industrial infrastructure. Key initiatives include launching a national food traceability system, implementing risk-based regulatory inspections, upgrading accredited national testing laboratories, and establishing specialized agri-industrial clusters.

The roadmap also emphasizes expanding contract farming, upgrading cold-chain logistics, integrating advanced packaging technologies, accelerating industrial energy and water efficiency, deploying Smart Manufacturing systems, launching a national food quality mark, and aligning workforce skills to expand Jordan's export footprint.

By 2029, the strategy aims to elevate sector productivity, increase structural value-addition, and diversify destination markets within an institutionalized performance management framework featuring specific Key Performance Indicators.

Following the Ministry's launch of three sector-specific industrial strategies for 2027–2029 covering food, engineering, and chemical and cosmetic manufacturing, the roadmap serves as an operational driver for the High-Value Industries engine under the Economic Modernization Vision, accelerating industrial output, job creation, and export expansion.

//Petra// AA