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How the UAE avoided food shortages during the pandemic
Jun 4, 2020
In the past four years, the United Arab Emirates has taken steps to become more self-sufficient in their food supplies, limiting its dependence on imports. Coronavirus has shown that investment has paid off, as throughout the pandemic the UAE hasn't suffered any food shortages. One expert attributes the UAE's success to innovations like vertical farming and cultivating climate-resilient crops.
In the past four years, the United Arab Emirates has grown a small but rising share of its own organic tomatoes, aiming to shore up food security in an import-dependent desert country.
The effort - part of a broader push to produce more home-grown food amid fears climate change could trigger instability in the global food trade - started after the country was hit by food export bans during the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
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Today, the move to build up food resilience is paying off early in the face of another crisis: the coronavirus pandemic.
When the United Arab Emirates (UAE) went into lockdown in April to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, residents had the same reaction as millions of others around the world - they started panic-buying.
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