Virus crisis an opportune time for innovation in agriculture – Gulf Today

  • Date: 04-Jun-2020
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Virus crisis an opportune time for innovation in agriculture – Gulf Today

"Farmers are frontliners too (and I hope we always remember that)," said PAKISAMA executive director Raul Socrates Banzuela, from the webinar "Food (In)Security in the Midst of COVID19.. The EEG webinar panelists called for urgent water security strategies on the global and regional levels in order to contain COVID19 and more importantly ensure food security for all.. Prime Minister's Office-UAE Food Security Office Senior Research analyst Fatema Al Mulla said: "Long term plans, adoption of technologies and advancement in research and development for sustainability are the key priorities of the Ministry of State of Food Security.. Global committees need to scale up to disrupt food production and consumption patterns for sustainability.".