9 years ago

KSA Ministry of Agriculture and Omnix Innovate Kingdom’s Agricultural Sector with Online Platform for 500,000-Plus Visitors

The Ministry of Agriculture is innovating the Kingdom’s agricultural sector by launching a host of new government e-services, supporting the country’s nearly USD 5 billion domestic agribusiness market, industry experts announced today.

Ministry of Agriculture, Oracle, and Oracle Gold Partner Omnix International have deployed a new e-government platform based on Oracle Siebel Public Sector eService that supports more than 500,000 online visitors, and 65,000 registered citizen and business users. Users can access 22 e-services such as land registration, organic crop certification, fishing and hunting permits, and access to machinery.

Fahad Alomani, Director of Information Systems, Ministry of Agriculture, said: “The new e-government platform which the Ministry of Agriculture uses to offer online services to the public eliminates the need for companies and citizens to go to offices, stand in line, and fill in paper forms.”

Mahmoud Musbah, Senior Vice President – Head of Public Services Solutions (PSS), Omnix International, said: “The Ministry of Agriculture’s secure, high-performance, and scalable portal is based on industry best practices with a wide range of easy-to-use plug-and-play tools.”

In the coming months, the platform will expand to 28 e-services. Thamer AL Harbi, Saudi Country Manager, Oracle, said: “With this online portal, the Ministry of Agriculture has the platform to scale for expanded services in line with increased government spending, and to demonstrate how government ministries can drive innovation.”