His Excellency the Vice Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture, Eng. Mansour Almushaiti launched the Camel Passport, a new project aimed at developing and regulating the kingdom's camel sector in line with Saudi Vision 2030.
The project seeks to regulate the sector, improve service efficiency and enhance its credibility in both local and international markets. It comes as part of the Ministry's efforts, through the National Livestock & Fisheries Development Program, to introduce unified digital and regulatory tools that support the sector's sustainability.
According to the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture (MEWA), the camel passport will serve as an official, accredited identification document, linking each animal to verified health and regulatory data. The system is designed to document camel information, ownership, and breeds. This step aims to improve service, increase the reliability of transactions, and strengthen veterinary and regulatory responses.
The passport functions as a comprehensive identification record. It includes the camel's microchip number, passport number, name, date of birth, breed, sex, color, place of birth, and issuing authority. Photographs of the animal from both the right and left sides are also included to ensure accurate identification.
A key feature of the passport is a detailed vaccination record, in which veterinary vaccinations are clearly documented, helping to establish a reliable health file for each camel and supporting efforts to monitor infectious diseases and enable rapid response.
The ministry added that the camel passport will help regulate the market by formalizing sales, logistics, and legal documentation. This is expected to protect owners' rights, make proof of ownership easier, fostering greater transparency and trust throughout the industry.
MEWA also highlighted the project's strategic role in livestock management. By creating an accurate database of camels categorized by sex, age, breed and color, the system will support national plans for organizing livestock resources across the Kingdom's regions. It is also expected to improve production and breeding efficiency through genetic analysis, monitoring of breed performance and support for selection programs aimed at enhancing local breeds.