focused on agriculture and food production for its desert climate.Food Tech Valley will be “an integrated modern city that develops alternative proteins, creates drought-resistant crops, and uses 3D technology and robots to help sustain food production, create super foods and provide answers to global food challenges,” said UAE ambassador to Canada, Fahad Saeed Al Raqbany.
The harsh climate of Dubai makes food security a constant concern and a controlled indoor farming system is a solution.Al Raqbany said Food Tech Valley will triple food production and accelerate self-sufficiency while improving nutrition and reducing food waste.
Dubai is already known as a food hub, with access to about one-third of the world’s population, or 3.2 billion people, within a four-hour flight, The ambassador said the new city will become a global hub for clean tech food and agriculture products.
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