H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed AlMheiri ended her journey to Queensland and also New South Wales, Australia, by meeting with top-level federal government authorities as well as going to cutting-edge economic sector food manufacturing centers to go over important concerns relating to future food safety and security.

Alongside, H.E. Dr. Obaid AlKetbi the Ambassador of UAE in Australia and representatives of the Food Security Center, Abu Dhabi, Her Excellency met Honorable David Littleproud Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and Honorable Niall Blair NSW Minister for Primary Industries and Minister for Regional Water and Minister for Trade and Industry. During their visit, the delegation attended the Queensland Parliament, the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Australian Trade and Investment Commission to receive more insights on Australias food landscape.

Throughout their check out to University of Innovation, Sydney, Her Excellency discussed UAE's research agenda relating to alternative food and also applications to bring algae to the center of food applications, with the blossoms made use of for human, pet and also fish nourishment, in addition to cosmetics and biofuel. The delegation evaluated exactly how algae could provide threefold more healthy protein yield than beef using essentially no land or freshwater.

The visit to Queensland College of Modern technology saw the UAE delegation considering the applied research to utilise the robotics in harvesting and reviewing ways to reduce food loss in the value chain. The research integrated robotic vision and also automation to establish new farming prototypes designed to identify as well as robotically harvest food generate, guaranteeing that it doesn't leave any type of plants wounded or damaged at the same time. Conversations with the research study team accountable examined the industrial stability and also possible application of the technology in the UAE to lower food loss and enhance future food safety and security.

The UAE delegation also visited a variety of world-leading Australian business that are embracing megatrends and also piloting transformational efforts to optimise both the supply as well as demand sides of food protection by boosting food manufacturing systems. the delegation checked out applications to alter the account of food presently eaten to make it both tastier and extra dietary. The firm nurtures research study ideas from the food market and also accelerates their application to make it commercial - it is really hoped that comparable applications in the UAE might result in healthy and balanced, same-taste, different food to their initial undesirable versions.

At a common level, discussions on how to reconnect with food in city setups was demonstrated through a browse through to metropolitan community ranches that bring people of all ages together to educate them about how food is expanded as well as prepared. The delegation agreed that such pilot campaigns are much required in the UAE, where reliance on imported foodstuffs can cause the downplaying of the community's connection with what they consume.

"Our see to Australia was the middle stop on a three-leg worldwide scenic tour to find out a lot more on exactly how nations in the Asia-Pacific area are creating strategies to manage food safety. We discussed facilitating food profession and also developing local food centers. We wish to give thanks to every person we met throughout the nation - government officials and private sector stakeholders - that shared their experiences and expertise in sustainable food production. We have had the ability to attract some incredible understandings from our browse through that will aid form the finalising of the UAE's National Food Protection Strategy, which will be released in September this year and also which will certainly lay out long-lasting plans for future food safety in the UAE," concluded Her Excellency.