A roundtable hosted by Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince’s Court and organized by Chatham House to discuss policy options for food security for the United Arab Emirates.
The 2012 droughts and other extreme weather events have reduced crop yields and led to volatile markets in basic food commodities, such as wheat and corn. Rapid increases in water demand and population influx in the region are turning the United Arab Emirates (UAE) into a key hotspot for food vulnerability.
The roundtable brought together experts from the region as well as around the world, it discussed issues related to food supply, from global commodity markets to energy and resource availability, environmental and climate change issues, efficient water consumption strategies and technologies, and crop breeding science, governance, market regulation, and implications for policymaking.
Earth Security addressed the issue of global land investments in agriculture. It focused on the risks and opportunities that confront both investors as well as host countries and explored a few practical examples and strategies that investors - and in particular GCC countries - can adopt to create long-term value for host countries, local populations and natural resources.
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