Office For Future Food Security Discusses 2050 Foresights
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 22, 2018 | 02:30 PM
DUBAI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 22nd Jul, 2018) The challenges of ensuring an adequate supply of food for generations to come was the subject under discussion at a series of workshops held on Thursday by the UAE Office for Future Food Security.
Titled ‘Global Food Security Foresight,’ the sessions examined several potential global scenarios for the year 2050 and analysed how these might affect the provision of sustenance for the region’s millions of residents.
Offering up scenarios that differed in their severity of impact on the food supply chain, the workshops assessed the responses that would be needed to address and meet their respective challenges. The discussions assessed the issues in context with the National Food Security Strategy, which the office for Future Food Security is currently developing.
"Providing adequate food for the world’s citizens is a global problem and one that is likely to become more pressing in the coming decades. We are living in an era of increased pressures on food production stemming from a host of interlocking challenges, including accelerating climate change, dwindling fresh water access and escalating energy demands," said Mariam Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security.
Included in the scenarios discussed at the workshops was one that saw the world increasingly ungoverned as nations retrench to focus on their internal challenges.
Climate change has become a central issue, with food insecurity being maintained by the productive innovations occurring at national and local levels, which have been driven by necessity.
"Although food security is threatened in this scenario, it is one that also sees new technologies emerging that promise to increase efficiency and output. Increased international cooperation will foster more fluid transition of agricultural products across borders, which, in turn, will allow countries to aid one another in addressing shortages. Investments in aquaculture, desalination and urban farming will allow the UAE to make great strides towards sustainable food security," the Minister added.
A more severe scenario that was analysed saw the world amid a period of deep geopolitical instability, where food security, is denominated by establishing effective terms of alliances. Given both unstable global supply chains and climate-driven disruption of agricultural production, food and water security have become central strategic challenges.
Scheduled for launch in September, the National Food Security Strategy is being developed by the Office for Future Food Security in collaboration with prominent decision-makers, academics and experts from the government and private sectors who are collaborating to set sustainable, long-term policies for future food security in the UAE.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
ICC Womens T20 World Cup Qualifier, Match 2: Ireland Women open with Comfortable ..
Robinson, bowlers help New Zealand go 2-1 up against Pakistan
Shahzeb Chachar to hold khuli kachehri on April 26
Heatwave amid Israel's aggression in Gaza brings new misery, disease risk
Tourism must change, mayor says as Venice launches entry fee
Court adjourns Judicial Complex attack case till May 17
Nasreen Noori’s book ‘Popatan Jahra Khwab’ launched
Wafaqi Mohtasib inspection team visits Excise and taxation office
AJLAC announces 5th Conference titled ‘People’s Mandate: Safeguarding Civil ..
Pak-US officials engage to enhance trade, investment ties
IBCC to promote educational excellence, expand regional presence
Pakistani 'Blue Helmets' serving UN Peacekeeping Mission in DR Congo set to leav ..
More Stories From Middle East
-
UAE announces ‘Zero Bureaucracy Program’ to reduce bureaucracy
3 months ago -
COP28 President-Designate welcomes Transitional Committee agreement to operationalise Loss and Damag ..
6 months ago -
Global Media Congress 2023 to feature Co-Production Majlis as a new networking platform
6 months ago -
Young female athletes shine at Abu Dhabi World Youth Jiu-Jitsu Championship
6 months ago -
King of Jordan receives Abdullah bin Zayed and ministers participating in Arab coordination meeting
6 months ago -
Abdullah bin Zayed participates in coordination meeting of Arab foreign ministers, joint meeting wit ..
6 months ago
-
3rd annual conference of Emirates Society of Clinical Microbiology kicks off in Dubai
6 months ago -
SIBF 2023 hosts Nobel laureate to discuss emergence of ‘Afrofuturism’ in global discourse
6 months ago -
ALC announces winners of Kanz Al Jeel Award 2023
6 months ago -
SIBF turns spotlight on remarkable contributions of women
6 months ago -
Global assets in spot bitcoin ETFs hit $4.16 billion
6 months ago -
Rescuers struggle to find Nepal quake survivors as deaths reach 157
6 months ago