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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Institutional members of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism’s Governing Council have endorsed plans to attract more private sector financing to the continent’s fertilizer sector. The move came during a meeting of the 13-member council, during which participants also validated the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism’s 2021 Annual Report and endorsed its proposed 2021
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DUBAI // The UAE is examining desert reclamation initiatives to boost its agriculture sector, a senior minister says.
Several research projects are also studying the best methods to fully utilise the land.
According to Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad, the Minister of Environment and Water, the UAE has reached 100 per cent self-sufficiency in production of dates and fish, 92 per cent self-sufficiency in dairy production, 32 per cent in vegetable cultivation and between 10 and 25 per cent self-sufficiency in meat and poultry production.
Agriculture accounted for only two per cent of the country’s GDP last year.
In the 1960s, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan first launched massive tree-planting schemes designed to reduce soil erosion, protect crops from wind damage and beautify cities. Since 1966, more than 70 million acacia, eucalyptus and palm trees have been planted in the desert and the cities of Al Ain and Abu Dhabi.