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A recent agreement has been signed with the Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID), to host their Affiliate Companies’ Meeting for the first time ever in Dubai. The meeting will take shape in the style of a conference, which will be held at the AgraME exhibition on March 7. AgraME is a global agricultural exhibition, taking place from March 6-8 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).
As part of the agreement, AAAID will be inviting their 40 member companies to attend, as well as key investors and government bodies. They will coordinate with specialists from six of AAAID’s affiliate companies to present case studies on different projects including sugar, grains, oil, fruit, vegetables, dairy and poultry.
As part of the annual meeting taking place on 7th March of AgraME, a lineup of speakers will offer open presentations on developments, achievements and investment opportunities in different aspects of the MENA agriculture industry. Confirmed speakers include Dr. Ahmed Al Tigani Abdul Rahim, General Manager, Emirates Rawabi Company (UAE); Abdul Raouf Merghani Abdelrahman, Managing Director, Kenana Sugar Company (Sudan); Al Alawi Mawlai Abdul Gadir, General Manager, Manafid Al Houboub Company (Morocco), and Talal Yousif Petrus, General Manager, Al Marga for Cattle and Agricultural Development Company (Tunisia) among others.
Speaking ahead of the meeting, Mohamed bin Obaid Al-Mazrouei, President of the AAAID, said, “AgraME is one of the largest exhibitions in the Middle East highlighting products and services from different agricultural sectors. We are eager to host our Affiliate Companies’ Meeting 2018 at AgraME as it provides a platform for organisations and companies to present and showcase their most advanced technologies and innovations in the fields of crop farming, animal farming, aquaculture or animal health. This is in addition to discussing the challenges faced in the industry, and how to solve these challenges.”
Samantha Bleasby, Exhibition Director, AgraME, said, “The partnership between AAAID and AgraME is aimed at helping grow the agricultural industry across the Middle East. With a high dependency on food import, we share a vision that the ME region can be more food secure given the right level of responsible investment, know-how and tools. The conference will enable increased networking opportunities and will enable strategic partnerships to be formed between investors, government bodies and those working in the agriculture, aquaculture and animal health industries.”
AAAID is an independent multilateral financial institution established in 1976 in Sudan with the vision of achieving food security in the Arab World. With the Headquarters in Sudan and regional office in Dubai AAAID has 21 member states who have collectively contributed an Authorized Capital of $1,098 million,
its paid up capital is $606 million as of December 31, 2016.