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January 2021
Article title	Source	Date
49 ghaf trees planted as KT, Century Financial end drive	Khaleej Times	20 January 2021
Gr?nt skifte for lokalt firma Satser stort p? gr?nn vekst i ?rkensand	Stavanger Aftenblad	16 January 2021
Meet trio who won hearts with their vision for UAE	Khaleej Times	8 January 2021

December 2020
Article title	Source	Date
Dubai Entrepreneurship Academy to collaborate with International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture to develop new skills and opportunities	Gekko Times	28 December 2020
Dubai Entrepreneurship Academy to collaborate with International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture to develop new skills and opportunities	ZAWYA	28 December 2020
Dubai Entrepreneurship Academy to collaborate with International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture to develop new skills and opportunities	Dubai Media Office	28 December 2020
Dubai Entrepreneurship Academy collaborates with ICBA to develop new skills, opportunities	Startup math	28 December 2020
Dubai Entrepreneurship Academy collaborates with ICBA to develop new skills, opportunities	World News Monitor	28 December 2020
Dubai Entrepreneurship Academy collaborates with ICBA to develop new skills, opportunities	Emirates News Agency-WAM	28 December 2020
Dubai Entrepreneurship Academy collaborates with ICBA to develop new skills, opportunities	Dubai City Guide	28 December 2020
Agritech ideas keep sprouting in UAE	Writecaliber	26 December 2020
Agritech ideas keep sprouting in UAE	ZAWYA	25 December 2020
Agritech ideas keep sprouting in UAE	Khaleej Times	25 December 2020
AIRCA agrees to cooperate on research in support of UN Food Systems Summit 2021	EurekAlert	21 December 2020
08 min-1546) How can the UAE achieve food security?	Table Talk (podcast 15	20 December 2020
UAE’s Food and Water Security Office leads region’s food security discussions in new remote workshops	Logistics Middle East	15 December 2020
Food and Water Security Office, FAO organise workshop on food security	Emirates News Agency-WAM	14 December 2020
Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi launches first UAE Soil Map	Emirates News Agency-WAM	9 December 2020
Шўрланиш шароитида биодех?ончилик хал?аро маркази	O'zbekistan 24 (video)	1 December 2020
National Day Share your vision for UAE for a chance to win gold coins	Khaleej Times	1 December 2020

November 2020
Article title	Source	Date
UAE Food and Water Security Office renews collaboration agreement with Islamic Development Bank	Emirates News Agency-WAM	29 November 2020
Smart agriculture in the desert	Vietnam TV	29 November 2020
Cultivating an innovation culture in the UAE farming sector	Gulf News	18 November 2020
Ismahane Elouafi "La Covid-19 va a hacer las cosas m?s complicadas que nunca porque m?s de 100 millones de personas van a pasar hambre"	Ondacero, podcast	15 November 2020
ICBA and ICESCO Future Cooperation Programs	ICESCO	4 November 2020
New community initiative supports food security efforts in UAE	HortiDaily, Netherlands	3 November 2020

October 2020
Article title	Source	Date
Local food production must be efficient	Brazil-Arab News Agency	22 October 2020
Local food production must be efficient	MENA FN	22 October 2020
Expo 2020 Dubai’ family calls for action to better manage climate change and protect biodiversity	Emirates News Agency- WAM	21 October 2020
For food and security in the UAE, think local	Gulf News	5 October 2020
Geniale Erfinder verwandeln W?stensand binnen weniger Stunden in Ackerland	Focus. De	2 October 2020

September 2020
Article title	Source	Date
Salinity Poses Threat To Global Food Security, Global Experts	Technology Times	30 September 2020
Development of the nano-clay	Farmers Review Africa	26 September 2020
Morocco’s Ismahane Elouafi appointed as FAO’s Chief Scientist	North Africa Post	23 September 2020
La Marocaine Ismahane Elouafi nomm?e au poste de Scientifique en chef ? la FAO	Le Courrier de L'atlas	23 September 2020
Dubai-based research center ICBA is researching innovative ways to increase agriculture in marginal environments	Dubai Media Office (video)	23 September 2020
High-level roundtable calls for strengthened collaboration in Near East and North Africa	Mirage News	21 September 2020

August 2020
Article title	Source	Date
HOT84A1 - ein Apfel f?r den Klimawandel	Tagesspiegel, Germany	17 August 2020
Teknologi Norwegia Akan Sulap Gurun Pasir Jadi Lahan Pertanian	SINDOnews, Jakarta	15 August 2020
This startup wants to turn Dubai's desert into farmland	CNN International	14 August 2020
Skyscrapers in the desert the UAE tries to defy its water scarcity	Goethe-Institut, Germany	14 August 2020
Embrapa-UAE deal envisages genetic resource exchange	MENA FN	10 August 2020
Embrapa-UAE deal envisages genetic resource exchange	Brazil-Arab News Agency	10 August 2020
Will “vertical farming” help grow food in the Arabian desert?	CFACT, USA	6 August 2020
Embrapa, Arab biosaline center reach agreement	Brazil-Arab News Agency	4 August 2020

July 2020
Article title	Source	Date
Azerbaijan creating conditions to planting quinoa	Trend News Agancy, Azerbaijan	28 July 2020
New law to position Dubai as world's commercial and start-up hub for drone services - FEDS CEO	ZAWYA	27 July 2020
Answers fro parched earth Agri in desert - Are vertical farms a solution to save water?	DT Next	24 July 2020
Trop de salinit? tue le sol	Agri Digitale	24 July 2020
The GCC General Secretariat held the Seminar "Small and Medium Enterprises Post Covid-19"	GCC-SG	23 July 2020