Dubai summit set to unlock mega food security potential

Dubai summit set to unlock mega food security potential

DUBAI / WAM

A new wave of business opportunities spanning the global food ecosystem will be unlocked at the ground-breaking Food For Future Summit and Global Agtech Expo later this month as the industry looks to address

an impending agricultural shortfall that could fail to produce enough to feed the world’s anticipated 10 billion population by 2050.

More than 150 high-calibre industry speakers and a host of food, agritech and start-up pioneers from more than 50 countries will convene for the first-of-its-kind summit, organised by Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), at Dubai Exhibition Centre on February 23-24 .

The events, hosted by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation as a strategic partner, come at the optimum time to galvanise the industry and catalyse a worldwide food security movement, according to global food innovators.

Public-private sector collaboration will be key for a sustainable and secure future, says the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, focused on advanced economic development and improving people’s lives by encouraging the growth of the private sector in developing countries.

“Food security is not something that exists in isolation. Solving the food needs of populations