Sharjah: The Sharjah Agriculture Development Corporation (SADC) has embarked on a Dh120 million egg production project.

The project will occupy a total area of one million square foot.

The project, to be executed in four phases over a period of two years at the Seeh Al Lebsa area in Sharjah, will have a total output of 3,500 cartons of egg per day.

According to Shaikh Faisal Bin Khalid Al Qasimi, Proprietor and Board Chairman of the SADC, the project will help meet the local market demand and would, upon completion, be the biggest producer of eggs in the Middle East, adding that phase 1 of the project, which will be completed within the next six months, will have an output of 750 cartons of eggs per day.