Baladna Food Industries, in collaboration with Qatar Charity (QC), is distributing 10,000 litres of long-life milk (UHT) among workers in Al Thakira and Al Khor Ramadan tents.

The initiative is part of the ministry's efforts during the holy month of Ramadan. It also reflects the ministry's commitment to help and support citizens during the holy month.

Qatar will be self-sufficient in milk by next July, thanks to boycott-busting cows flown in to boost supplies after neighbouring Gulf states severed links with Doha, a firm said on Tuesday.

The farm in the city of 1.1 million people, along with 38 other military farms set up by the country's former British rulers, is to be closed in coming weeks.

Growing demand for milk and milk products in Qatar will drive local dairy farms to expand and add more modern facilities to increase their livestock, an official has said.