UAE delegation drives global food security agenda during visit to Netherlands

UAE delegation drives global food security agenda during visit to Netherlands

Amsterdam: A UAE delegation, headed by Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, has concluded a visit to the Netherlands that aimed to exchange knowledge and best practices in the food sector. Accompanied by Jamal Al Musharakh, the UAE Ambassador to the Netherlands and Commissioner-General of the UAE Pavilion at Floriade Expo 2022, the delegates shared their wide range of expertise with their Dutch counterparts and learnt first-hand about the latest Dutch AgTech. As the first stop, members of the delegation toured Floriade Expo 2022, a global horticultural exhibition that takes place in the Netherlands once every 10 years. They visited the UAE Pavilion, presented by the UAE Ministry of Culture and Youth, the Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, and the National Projects Office under the theme “Salt Water Cities: Where Land Meets Sea”. The pavilion highlights the country’s journey of sustainability, which involves adapting to the desert environment, characterised by a hot, arid climate and water scarcity, and transforming into a global model of driving socio-economic development while conserving biodiversity and preserving natural resources. On the same day, the delegation visited the Floating Farm in Rotterdam. Home to 40 cows, the world’s first floating farm