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Abu Dhabi to host second edition of ‘Global Forum
for Innovations in Agriculture’ March 9-11, 2015
International public & private sector experts to address ‘climate-smart agriculture’ at three-day exhibition & conference.
he second edition of the
Global Forum for
Innovations in Agriculture
(GFIA) is set to take place
in Abu Dhabi from March
9-11, 2015. Held under the
patronage of H.H. Sheikh
Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE,
Minister of Presidential Affairs and
Chairman of Abu Dhabi Food
Control Authority and in strategic
partnership with the Abu Dhabi
Food Control Authority (ADFCA),
the exhibition and conference will
feature more than 300 nextgeneration agricultural solutions
that could shape the future of
sustainable farming around the
world.
With global policy makers and
scientists tasked with identifying
innovative ways to feed a
population of more than nine
billion people by 2050, GFIA will
aim to accelerate the development
of solutions that meet the world’s
pressing challenges.
GFIA will bring together
participants from the entire
agricultural value-chain - from
agribusiness and academia to
policy and investment - to witness
more than 400 presentations of
game-changing ideas with the
potential to fundamentally change
the way food is produced,
processed, stored, distributed and
consumed.
“As the world looks to support
sustainable economic and social
development into the 21st century
and beyond, the solutions we
identify to our food and water
security challenges today will
define the future of our nations,”
said Mohamed Jalal Al Rayssi,
Chairman of the Organising
Committee, at Abu Dhabi Food
Control Authority.
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“Furthermore, with climatesmart food production being a
critical factor for the UAE and other
water-constrained parts of the
MENA region. Abu Dhabi is
strongly committed to driving the
global dialogue on food security
and climate resilience and this
event reinforces that commitment.
We look forward to welcoming
some of the world’s leading
experts in this field.”
The inaugural Global ClimateSmart Agriculture Summit will
serve as key element of the 2015
event. The summit has been
developed under the guidance of
the Global Alliance for Climate
Smart Agriculture launched during
the UN Climate Summit in New
York in September 2014. ClimateSmart Agriculture is a strategic
farming approach designed to
raise agricultural productivity whilst
mitigating the effects of climate
change.
The alliance includes more than
20 governments, 30 organizations
and companies including the
World Bank, The Netherlands
government, and the Food &
Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations. It represents
millions of farmers, at least a
quarter of the world cereal
production, 43 million
undernourished people and 16
percent of the total agricultural
greenhouse gas emissions.
“GFIA is unique in that it attracts
all the players – from across the
full food value chain – needed to
effect real change in the way we
feed the world,” said Mohamed
Jalal Al Rayssi.
“From policy-makers and
governments to food producers,
commercial organizations, bilateral
and multilateral development
agencies and investors, GFIA is a
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