{"id":22557,"date":"2025-06-02T13:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=22557"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:05:38","slug":"emirates-agriculture-conference-ends-on-innovation-and-empowerment-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/06\/02\/emirates-agriculture-conference-ends-on-innovation-and-empowerment-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates agriculture conference ends on innovation and empowerment promise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The pioneering Emirates Agriculture Conference &amp; Exhibition of May 28-31, 2025 in Al Ain ended with visions of innovation and farmer empowerment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibitors gained momentum from the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ae\/money\/general\/emirates-agriculture-conference-exhibition-concludes\/ar-AA1FQANy?ocid=BingNewsVerp\"><u>Plant the Emirates<\/u><\/a>\u201d greening plan by the late UAE\u2019s leader Sh. Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some 22 federal agencies, 40 private establishments and 20 startups attending the event had connections with the greening project.\u00a0Its aim is to transform arable land in the desert country into a cradle of local-grown fresh produce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also steering the event were four campuses that came to share their expertise from the \u201cPlant the Emirates\u201d program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other attendees that included farmers and international delegates learned from agri-startups on the best practices, challenges and successes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One such success is the northern emirate of Al Ain. The Minister of Climate Change &amp; Environment, her excellency Dr. Amna Al Dahak Al Shamsi, cited the emirate as advanced in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emiratesscholar.com\/launch-of-the-first-edition-of-the-emirates-agricultural-conference-and-exhibition-2025\/\"><u>agricultural infrastructure<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the toll of climate on the scarce water resources, the minister identified universities as research agents for water conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UAE currently farms on the desert using sustainable water conservation means such as smart farming.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other industrial farms produce crops with the lowest amount of energy possible and sell the extra energy as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2023\/12\/28\/a-farm-in-the-uae-harvests-eur-5-million-in-carbon-credits\/\"><u>carbon credits<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies have also embraced vertical integration by growing, processing and distributing produce at competitive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/insights\/prices\/united-arab-emirates\/\"><u>prices<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is these holistic approaches that have helped the UAE expand its agricultural market value size to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imarcgroup.com\/uae-agriculture-market\"><u>$3.6 billion<\/u><\/a>, as of 2024, per Imarc Group. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issues that the recent Emirates agriculture conference tackled such as improving local production and water management account for this market growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the just concluded conference on a sector enjoying heavy governmental support has illuminated innovative areas for future growth. The statistics below continue the discourse by covering the Emirates agriculture at a glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-united-arab-emirates-agriculture-statistics\"><strong>United Arab Emirates Agriculture Statistics&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The tables below, interpreted from the Food and Agriculture Organization\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"#country\/225\"><u>STAT<\/u><\/a>\u00a0compress the food and agriculture sector of the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How has agricultural land use grown in the UAE historically?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Key Year<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Agricultural Land Use [Ha]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1961<\/td><td>208,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1989<\/td><td>239,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1990<\/td><td>285,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1998<\/td><td>398,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2005<\/td><td>557,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>391,500<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig 1. <em>UAE&#8217;s Agricultural use in hectares, 2019-2023.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the food import proportion of all other exports?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Key Year Cluster<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Total Food Imports as a Percentage of all Exports<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020-22<\/td><td>4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2014-2018<\/td><td>5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008-2011<\/td><td>5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2001-2007<\/td><td>4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2000-2002<\/td><td>3%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig 2. <em>UAE&#8217;s food import proportion of all exports, 2000-2022.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How much is agriculture [food supply] per capita in the Arab Emirates?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Key Year<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Food\/Agriculture Supply per capita<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>71 kilocalories per capita per day<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2021<\/td><td>18 kilocalories per capita per day<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2010<\/td><td>70 kilocalories per capita per day<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2006<\/td><td>87 kilocalories per capita per day<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2000<\/td><td>103 kilocalories per capita per day<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig 3. <em>UAE&#8217;s food supply per capita, 2000-2023.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How is the yearly cereal production in the UAE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Key Year<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Cereals Production [tonnes\/Ha]<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>22.013&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>23.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1989<\/td><td>1.924<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1980<\/td><td>2.409<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1960-1975<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig 4. <em>UAE&#8217;s cereals yields, 1960-2023.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pioneering Emirates Agriculture Conference &amp; Exhibition of May 28-31, 2025 in Al Ain ended with visions of innovation and farmer empowerment. 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