Embrapa and ADAFSA, from the United Arab Emirates, sign cooperation for bilateral projects

Published 2021년 11월 17일

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The article highlights a significant collaboration between Embrapa, Brazil's agricultural research corporation, and the Abu Dhabi Agriculture & Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) of the United Arab Emirates, marked by a Memorandum of Understanding to embark on a joint venture in international agricultural research. This partnership aims to tackle five key areas of mutual interest, including soilless cultivation of vegetables, cassava and fruit production under saline conditions, genetic research on salinity-tolerant genotypes, genetic improvement of fruit plants and forage under salt stress, and biological control of insect pests. The partnership will be characterized by various forms of cooperation, such as research projects, expert exchanges, conference organization, scholarships for researchers, and the potential for Technical Cooperation Projects involving several Embrapa units. This collaboration is seen as a step towards knowledge exchange and adaptation of advanced practices to the unique environmental challenges of both countries.

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A new phase of opportunities for sharing and developing international agricultural research has just begun. On Tuesday, November 16, Embrapa and the Abu Dhabi Agriculture & Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), signed the Memorandum of Understanding representing scientific cooperation initiatives between the two institutions, in at least five work themes for the execution of bilateral projects. Areas of common interest involve soilless vegetable cultivation, cassava and fruit production under saline conditions, genetic prospecting for salinity tolerant genotypes, fruit plants and forage genetic improvement for cultivation under salt stress and biological control of Rhynchophorus spp., important group of insect pests of palm trees, such as coconut and date palm, among others. The ceremony for signing the document, which took place at ExpoDubai, was chaired by the president of Embrapa, Celso Moretti, and by the general director of ADAFSA, H.E. Saeed Al ...

Source: Embrapa