UAE: Food summit focuses on innovations, emerging start-ups, reducing food wastage

UAE: Food summit focuses on innovations, emerging start-ups, reducing food wastage

'Food for Life' campaign holds panel discussion on sustainable food practices

By Staff Reporter Published: Wed 23 Feb 2022, 8:57 PM

In order to raise awareness on sustainable food practices, a panel discussion was held as a part of the recently launched ‘Food for Life’ campaign, under the Food for Future Summit held at the Expo 2020 Dubai.

The agenda of the summit was to discuss agri-tech innovations, emerging start-ups, reduction in food wastage, food safety and nutrition, food risks and crisis management.

The Ministry of Health and Prevention collaborated with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Emirates Nature-WWF and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to shed some light on the same.

Mariam Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment kicked off the discussion by speaking of living in the UAE, she said, “living in a country that imports most of its food is a big change for us to start questioning where the food is coming from”.

“We can actively contribute to transformation of our diet and food systems for better and healthier tomorrow,” Almheiri added.

She also highlighted the need to support locally produced products, as the quality of the product can be guaranteed.

The Ministry of Health and Prevention emphasized