Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, on Tuesday launched the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority's strategic plan for 2022-2025.
Sheikh Mansour said the new strategy is aimed at stimulating the agriculture and food production sector and increasing its contribution to the emirate’s GDP.
The new plan is aligned with the vision of the President, Sheikh Mohamed, and the Abu Dhabi Government’s objectives to establish a knowledge-based economy and achieve sustainable agricultural development, he said.
Saeed Al Ameri, director general of ADAFSA, said the authority’s new strategy reflects the UAE leadership's high level of support to the sector and will help to ensure the success of the Abu Dhabi Government’s efforts to diversify the economy.
ADAFSA is monitored by Sheikh Mansour and aims to achieve self-sufficiency, which reached 84 per cent in nine select food products in 2021, state news agency Wam reported.
The new strategy represents a road map for establishing sustainable food systems, addresses the sector’s challenges, increases agricultural sustainability rates to 66 per cent, compared to 46 per cent currently, and reduces the use of groundwater in agriculture by 500 million cubic metres between 2022 and 2025, Mr Al Ameri said.
The plan is also aimed at promoting efficient partnerships with entities operating in the agriculture and food production sector, through the use of technology and artificial intelligence, to better build the sector's capacities.
Sheikh Mansour also lauded the efforts of ADAFSA’s employees who have accomplished several achievements in terms of ensuring the sector’s sustainability.
$1,000 award for 1,000 days on madrasa portal
Daily cash awards of $1,000 dollars will sweeten the Madrasa e-learning project by tempting more pupils to an education portal to deepen their understanding of math and sciences.
School children are required to watch an educational video each day and answer a question related to it. They then enter into a raffle draw for the $1,000 prize.
“We are targeting everyone who wants to learn. This will be $1,000 for 1,000 days so there will be a winner every day for 1,000 days,” said Sara Al Nuaimi, project manager of the Madrasa e-learning platform that was launched on Tuesday by the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, to reach Arab pupils from kindergarten to grade 12 with educational videos.
“The objective of the Madrasa is to become the number one reference for all Arab students in the world. The 5,000 videos we have online is just the beginning, we have big ambitions. Today in the Arab world there are 50 million students. We want to reach everyone who is willing to learn.”
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Director: Siva
Stars: Suriya, Bobby Deol, Disha Patani, Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley
Brief scores:
Toss: South Africa, chose to field
Pakistan: 177 & 294
South Africa: 431 & 43-1
Man of the Match: Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
Series: South Africa lead three-match series 2-0
Results
6.30pm: Baniyas (PA) Group 2 Dh195,000 1,400m | Winner: ES Ajeeb, Sam Hitchcock (jockey), Ibrahim Aseel (trainer)
7.05pm: Maiden (TB) Dh165,000 1,400m | Winner: Al Shamkhah, Royston Ffrench, Sandeep Jadhav
7.40pm: Handicap (TB) Dh190,000 1,200m | Winner: Lavaspin, Richard Mullen, Satish Seemar
8.15pm: Maiden (TB) Dh165,000 1,200m | Winner: Kawasir, Dane O’Neill, Musabah Al Muhairi
8.50pm: Rated Conditions (TB) Dh240,000 1,600m | Winner: Cosmo Charlie, Pat Dobbs, Doug Watson
9.20pm: Handicap (TB) Dh165,000 1,400m | Winner: Bochart, Richard Mullen, Satish Seemar
10pm: Handicap (TB) Dh175,000 2,000m | Winner: Quartier Francais, Fernando Jara, Ali Rashid Al Raihe
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Monterrey 1
Funes Mori (14)
Liverpool 2
Keita (11), Firmino (90 1)
