Collaboration will be the key to solving food security challenges, agreed speakers at 12th GPCA Agri-Nutrients Conference

Collaboration will be the key to solving food security challenges, agreed speakers at 12th GPCA Agri-Nutrients Conference

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: – Only through greater collaboration and coordination between the public and private sector will current and future food security challenges be resolved in the run up to 2030, agreed speakers at the 12th annual edition of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) Agri-Nutrients Conference, which took place on 28-29 September 2022 at the Address Sky View Hotel, Dubai, UAE.

Held under the theme ‘Resolving Global Food Challenges with Agri-Nutrients’, the conference kicked off on Day 1, 28 September, with welcome remarks from Abdulrahman Al-Suwaidi, CEO, QAFCO and Chairman, Agri-Nutrients Committee, GPCA, who called on the industry to engage in better collaboration, to include innovation and develop new business models as the solution to global food challenges. The GCC agri-nutrients has already placed sustainability as a priority, Al-Suwaidi said. Improving agricultural productivity and enhancing food supply for all is another key driver in the industry’s vision for the future, he added.

H.E. Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Assistant Undersecretary for the Support Services Sector, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, UAE, presented the inaugural address in which he highlighted that accessibility, affordability, and sustainability are at the core of food security efforts. To help support these efforts, he called on