Embrapa and ADAFSA, from the United Arab Emirates, sign cooperation for bilateral projects
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게시됨 2021년 11월 18일
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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 ...