UAE: US ambassador discusses food, water security, hails vertical farm in the Emirates

UAE: US ambassador discusses food, water security, hails vertical farm in the Emirates

Ambassador McCain participated in the Negev meeting held last week in Abu Dhabi as part of the water and food security committee

Published: Sun 15 Jan 2023, 5:05 PM

The US has great relations with the UAE when it comes to food and agriculture, according to Ambassador Cindy McCain, the head of the US Mission to UN Agencies in Rome - a multilateral mission covering global issues.

The US Mission in Rome is the link between the US Government and Rome-based international organisations such as the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the World Food Program (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

“We have good relationships with the UAE, we are good partners in many issues and food and water is one of them. We share a lot of ideas and a lot of management ideas with regards to crop development, science, developing better seeds that are drought resistance and using less water in general,” said Ambassador McCain adding that research in universities in both countries is taking place and exchanged.

“I come from a state – Arizona - which is very similar to here. The lack of water, the droughts, the climate change have affected us the same way it has