MBRGI, WEF to establish global platform for food innovation hubs

MBRGI, WEF to establish global platform for food innovation hubs

The agreement confirms Dubai as the international headquarters for the annual meeting of the Food Innovation Hubs. It also stipulates that MBRGI will also join the Supervisory Board of the Food Systems Initiative and the Steering Committee of WEF’s Food Innovation Hubs

Saeed Al Eter, assistant secretary-Ggeneral of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, and Sean De Cleene, member of the executive committee of the World Economic Forum, signing the agreement in Davos. — Supplied photo

By Staff Report Published: Mon 23 May 2022, 8:16 PM

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) has signed an agreement with the World Economic Forum (WEF) confirming the intention of the two sides to cooperate in the creation of the Global Platform for Food Innovation Hubs.

The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the WEF annual meeting 2022 at Davos.

The agreement confirms Dubai as the international headquarters for the annual meeting of the Food Innovation Hubs. It also stipulates that MBRGI will also join the Supervisory Board of the Food Systems Initiative and the Steering Committee of WEF’s Food Innovation Hubs.

WEF established the Food Innovation Hubs initiatives to strengthen local innovation ecosystems to facilitate food system transformation, and this new international platform will