UNDP working on designing insurance policies for broad protection for farmers in Arab region: UN official

Dr. Abdallah Al Dardari, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States (RBAS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has unveiled a caller task targeting 100 cardinal farmers successful the Arab region.

The inaugural aims to plan security policies based connected clime risks circumstantial to each area, providing broader extortion for farmers, who are liable for producing 70% of the region’s nutrient supply.

Speaking to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) connected the sidelines of the archetypal time of the World Government Summit (WGS) 2025 successful Dubai, Dr. Al Dardari stated that the archetypal security argumentation for farmers is expected to beryllium issued earlier the extremity of 2025, with the task acceptable to beryllium officially announced during the International Conference connected Financing for Development successful Seville, Spain, successful July.

He explained that the task is simply a conjugation comprising dozens of governmental and backstage entities arsenic good arsenic planetary security companies, allowing the security sum to grow arsenic much organisations articulation the alliance.

Dr. Dardari highlighted that the UNDP allocates astir $900 cardinal annually successful assistance and grants to Arab countries for clime change, economical management, and quality development, making it a cardinal improvement spouse successful the region.

Regarding artificial quality (AI), Dardari emphasised that it has go an indispensable instrumentality for achieving precocious maturation rates. He pointed retired that AI contributes to astir 70% of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

On UNDP’s information successful the summit, Al Dardari affirmed that the organisation regularly takes portion successful the World Government Summit and expressed his pridefulness successful representing the UN Secretary-General this year.

He noted that the UNDP has extended partnerships with assorted acme participants, including governments and the backstage sector. Among these partnerships is simply a beardown collaboration with e& to heighten the region’s integer infrastructure, arsenic good arsenic practice with the UAE’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence to physique an AI cognition base. Additionally, determination is an statement with the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence to make precocious AI models tailored to the Arab region.

Al Dardari further highlighted 1 of UNDP’s cardinal projects successful the UAE—the Global Knowledge Index, which helps signifier exertion and cognition system policies worldwide, including successful Arab countries.

He besides revealed plans to motion 2 further agreements with UAE authorities institutions to further fortify developmental practice successful the region.

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