Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture | GFIA 2015
The 2015 edition of the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA 2015) will take place from 9 to 11 March 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
GFIA 2015, which attracts professionals from around the world across the entire value chain, represent an event of paramount importance for all stakeholders involved at any level in sustainable agriculture.
More specifically, the Forum will comprise six conferences:
- Global Climate-Smart Agriculture Summit (CSA) - The inaugural Global CSA Summit will be launched under the theme “Promoting sustainability & agricultural resilience” and it represent the core of GFIA 2015.
- Post harvest waste initiative: from prevention to valorisation - As the reduction of food waste must be part of a portfolio of solutions needed to feed the world more sustainably, GFIA 2015 will include a major focus on the important issues
- ICT for sustainable agriculture - This two day conference will focus on how ICT can promote sustainable, climate resilient agriculture and promises exciting solutions for food producers in terms of increasing productivity, improving market access, financing and training. Companies already confirmed to exhibit within the ICT Pavilion include Progis Software, Top-Con, PA Source, TAHA (Mascar, Crushing Tech, Bellon, Ortolon, GIL, SIP), FarmApps,Expressweather, Aeroterrascan, Fieldeye and Dalsem
- Edible cities: building resilience with urban agriculture - This conference will focus on the critical need for cities to develop their own sources of food to avoid severe food insecurity associated with water shortages, land degradation and climate change
- Forum on non-conventional water use in arid climates - This forum will seek to showcase research and innovations to tackle the issues posed by water scarcity and explore strategies to promoting sustainable solutions in the region and globally.
- Aquaculture and indoor agriculture discovery days - A series of workshops aimed at providing farmers and businesspeople in the MENA region with all the information they need about setting up a new food production business
Learn more about the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture 2015
Contact information |
Turret Media FZ LLC Twofour54, Park Rotana Office 201, PO Box 77806, Abu Dhabi, UAE
(email: info@InnovationsInAgriculture.com) Phone: T: +971 (0)2 234 8400 F: +971 (0)2 234 6174 |
---|---|
Event type | Conference |
File link |
http://www.e-agriculture.org/events/global-forum-innovations-agriculture-gfia-2015 |
Source | http://www.e-agriculture.org/ |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , TOOL TERMS , WATER DEMAND |
Relation | http://www.innovationsinagriculture.com/ |
Geographical coverage | United Arab Emirates, |
Address | Abu Dhabi |
Target audience | International |
Period | [09/03/2015 - 11/03/2015] |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |