 There is a major government-owned plant nursery which spans over 2,500 sq meters in the village of Al Utouriya.Plants grown in this nursery are used for research and also distributed to government ministries.In a bid to improve the country's food self-sufficiency, Al Faisal Holding announced in 2017 that it would be constructing a poultry farm in Al Shahaniya with an production capacity of 3.5 million chickens annually and 80,000 eggs per day.