Agrarian Action in the Desert from the United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates aims to triple the production of local food in the desert in 10 years through agriculture.

Agrarian action in the desert from the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates, whose land is largely covered by desert, announced plans to triple the amount of food it produces locally within 10 years. The oil-rich UAE aims to grow more agricultural products and raise livestock due to the shortage of supply chains due to the globally rising food prices and the coronavirus epidemic. In the United Arab Emirates, which has business centers such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai, 90 percent of its food needs are imported. The government, on the other hand, had announced its plans in previous years on many different issues, from how to grow rice in the desert, to importing cows. The country is also conducting research into how food can be produced in stretch and other extreme climatic conditions. Last year, one of the UAE's wealth funds bought a 45 percent stake in Louis Dreyfus, a global agriculture and trade company. In an interview with Bloomberg News, UAE Food and Water Security Minister Mariam Almheiri said: “We aim to realistically increase our local production by 30-40 percent in the next 10 years. We all know that sticking to the global food supply chain is not a good thing ”