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UAE food minister Mariam Almheiri says Tatarstan holds great promise for the UAE to diversify its international sources of food
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Land-locked Tatarstan can benefit from the UAE’s advanced agriculture technology sector
The United Arab Emirates and the Russian republic of Tatarstan have looked into potential areas of collaboration in food security, said reports from Tatarstan’s capital Kazan on Friday, June 11.
The three-day meeting that concluded on Friday also saw UAE Minister of State for Food and Water Security Mariam Almheiri showcase her side’s efforts to enhance food security by expanding its network of partnerships with various countries and international organisations, added the reports.
According to a report by the Food and Angriculture Organization, one reason global food security is at stake is that almost 10% of the global population survives on $1.90 a day or less.
Almheiri said about the meeting: “Tatarstan holds great promise for the UAE to diversify our international sources of food – a key pillar of the UAE’s National Food Security Strategy – as the republic has a growing agricultural sector that receives strong government investment and shows great potential for increasing its food exports. In turn, the UAE’s advanced agtech [agriculture technology] sector has much to offer, particularly in the area of aquaculture and fisheries because it is a land-locked region. These and other vital food security issues were discussed during the visit.”
Almheiri was invited to her counterpart’s office at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, where the delegation participated in a roundtable with Tatarstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Food, Marat Zyabbarov.
The three-day itinerary concluded with a visit to the Ramaevskoe farm, the Kausar agricultural cooperative, and the Kazan Oil Extraction Plant, where the UAE delegation witnessed rapeseed and sunflower oil production.
The visit formed the first leg of he UAE’s two-country tour focused on examining opportunities to enhance food trade and share knowledge and expertise in food and agricultural technology enabling the transition toward sustainable food systems, said the local reports.
