It turns out that the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai was looking forward in new ways from previous conferences. Sunday 10 December, 2023 was the Food, Water and Agriculture thematic day at COP28, linking organizations and governments working on future-focused ways of feeding people. A future-focused side event at the Food Systems Pavilion (next to the Water4Climate Pavilion) held a panel discussion on promoting the declaration of 2028 as the “Year of Saline Agriculture” for climate-resilient agriculture in sustainable Production Systems and healthy ecosystems in salt-affected areas. The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), based in Dubai, is quite simply working on growing water-efficient crops in increasingly saltier soil. ICBA highlighted its sustainable Millet Demo Farm with a comprehensive focus on the entire millet value chain from seeds to consumption.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 23, 2023 12:52 UTC