FarmERP aims to transform Saudi Arabia’s agricultural sector by leveraging advanced technology and intelligent climate advisory solutions
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Sheikh Hamdan approves plans to double Dubai agriculture, boost industry sector by $15.8bn, ban single use plastics
Dubai Executive Council announce major plans for agriculture and industrial sectors as well as single-use plastics ban
agriculture technologies
Agritech firm FarmERP announces AI, machine learning food software to improve Middle East food security
The venture is gearing up to raise top dollars to fund its game-changing plans for the sector, which it hopes will be transformed to a potentially high-profit sector with the help of cutting edge tech solutions
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Food security and climate change: Carrot and a stick needed to drive sustainability
Multiple global crises have exposed structural weaknesses in our food systems and threatened the survival of many
Agriculture
UAE bank announces $27m in loans for food firms
UAE’s Emirates Development Bank unveils AgriTech Loans for food sector
Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority
Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, Hub71 ink pact to promote the development of agritech sector
The agreement is seen as a strategic step to support innovation along the value chain from producer to consumer and to promote sustainable food security
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India’s WayCool Foods signs MoU with Choithrams for UAE distribution deal
The UAE retailer is to distribute L’exotique and Dezi Fresh brands of WayCool through their distribution network in the UAE under the pact
Agriculture
Food security in a changing world
New agritech solutions are revolutionising the industry and tackling issues from food security to climate change. UK companies are leading the way
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5 trends that will shape MENA startup ecosystem in 2023
While 2022 was a great year for the region’s startup sector, entrepreneurs need to be aware of the key challenges facing small businesses in 2023
Abu Dhabi
UAE’s NextGenFDI welcomes Change Foods to Abu Dhabi’s KEZAD
Change Foods has signed a pre-development agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports to build a 1.2-million-litre fermentation facility
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In UAE’s fertile agritech scene, another startup blooms
When it opens, the farm will have a total output of 3,000 metric tons of animal feed annually – using up to 90 percent less water and land
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Emirates unit opens ‘world’s largest’ $40-million vertical farm in Dubai
The 330,000-square-foot facility is expected to produce more than 1 million kilograms of leafy greens on 95 percent less water use
agribusiness
UAE agritech Pure Harvest raises $180.5 million as it eyes global expansion
UAE agritech Pure Harvest raises $180.5 million as it eyes global expansion
Abu Dhabi
UAE food security on the menu as Masdar and DANA team up
The regional agriculture market is projected to grow a compound annual growth rate of 5.7 percent through 2026
Agriculture
Greenhouses in the desert: Exploring sustainable alternatives to enhance food security in the Middle East
UAE-based startup Greener Crop’s hydroponic farm management solutions contributes to achieving country’s food security targets
agritech
Agritech firm Terraplus completes trial to grow rice in the UAE
Move comes as the UAE has imported more than 900,000 tonnes of rice over the past 12 months
Agriculture
How innovation and technology are revolutionising the UAE’s F&B sector
Agritech is ‘causing a dynamic change to the entire F&B sector’ through modernising practices and paving the way to a ‘fruitful’ tomorrow
