Silal to invest Dh200m to boost food production, promises ‘farm to shelf’ in 24 hours – News

Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, UAE Minister of Local weather Change and Atmosphere, Yusuffali M.A., Jamal Salem Al Dhaheri and different senior officers. — Provided picture

The newly launched ‘Silal Recent’ model will guarantee meals produce reaches from farm to shelf inside 24 hours.

Efforts to boost native meals manufacturing has received a significant enhance as Abu Dhabi-based agritech agency Silal introduced plans to speculate Dh200 million to improve 80 native farms within the emirate.

It has additionally launched a brand new model, which ensures meals produce reaches from farm to shelf inside 24 hours. Silal inked a memorandum of understanding with LuLu Group to offer residents within the UAE with native contemporary vegetables and fruit which are harvested in Abu Dhabi farms.

As a part of its Dh200 million funding, Silal will present 80 farms with new 1-hectare greenhouse amenities, fitted with good irrigation and crop monitoring programs, to assist double the yield, guarantee higher high quality produce and extra sustainable farming practices.

Eng. Jamal Salem Al Dhaheri, CEO, Silal stated the programme goals to extend native manufacturing and high quality from the 80 chosen farms.

“As our beloved nation approaches its fiftieth anniversary, we pledge to contribute to bolstering the UAE’s agricultural sector by means of adopting the most recent sustainable agritech options and uplifting native farmers’ capabilities and enhancing their sources and expertise,” he stated in the course of the first version of Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Meals Safety Week.

Al Dhaheri underlined that Silal strives to extend know-how adoption throughout the farms, making certain their full transformation from primary to well-developed industrial farms and enhancing farmer livelihoods.

The 2-phase improve will run until the top of the following yr and thus far, 40 farms have been chosen for the primary section of upgrades. Silal will function these farms, practice farmers on one of the best practices in agriculture and the usage of know-how to extend yield, cut back working prices and outline crop plans to maximise farms’ profitability.

Moreover, the newly launched ‘Silal Recent’ model will guarantee meals produce reaches from farm to shelf inside 24 hours. The produce of greater than 60 varieties is sourced from greater than 900 native farmers.

Al Dhaheri stated with ‘Silal Recent’ customers throughout the UAE will get the freshest vegetables and fruit, sustainably grown in Abu Dhabi by native farmers.

“The vegetables and fruit market within the UAE depends closely on imports, which frequently journey lengthy distances and are saved for a number of months, thereby decreasing the standard and dietary advantages of contemporary produce.”

Al Dhaheri stated ‘Silal Recent’ will improve the competitiveness of native produce whereas supporting native farmers, by promoting their vegetables and fruit throughout UAE markets, which, in flip, will increase their revenue.

Individually, Silal signed a MoU with LuLu Group to supply the produce throughout the nation.

Yusuffali M.A., LuLu Group chairman and managing director, stated the collaboration is a “nationwide responsibility” to open doorways to Silal’s efforts to market native agricultural produce.

“World wide, the ‘develop native, eat native’ motion is gaining floor and this not solely helps the economic system, however additionally it is about constructing a sustainable meals ecosystem,” Yusuffali added.

Underneath this MoU, LuLu Group will market Silal’s native contemporary produce by means of its branches throughout the UAE. — ashwani@khaleejtimes.com