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| 3 UAE startups bag Expo Live grants | Khaleej Times | 1 August 2017 |
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| Three inspirational UAE startups have been granted Dhs1 million | Whats On | 31 July 2017 |
| UAE ventures aimed to improve lives are first to get Expo 2020 grants | The National | 31 July 2017 |
| Girls, listen. This is why we need you to study science (op-ed on Tamkeen program) | Khaleej Times | 8 July 2017 |
| How policymakers can support a new crop of young, qualified women, op-ed on Tamkeen program by Head of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Middle East Relations) | The National | 3 July 2017 |
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| Sharjah to cultivate salt-tolerant plants | Trade Arabia | 19 June 2017 |
| How NASA'S satellites can help solve the middle east water crisis | Newsweek | 11 June 2017 |
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| ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan | Humanitarian News | 30 April 2017 |
| ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan | PreventionWeb (by UNISDR) | 30 April 2017 |
| ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan | ReliefWeb | 27 April 2017 |
| The breakthrough that could transform the process of desalinating sea-water | The National | 16 April 2017 |
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| UAE Portrait of a Nation A champion of dry agriculture | The National | 9 March 2017 |
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| The future health of our forests requires prudent investment now | The National | 21 February 2017 |
| Eight new species of plant discovered in the UAE | The National | 6 February 2017 |
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| Wasting food is harming the environment, UAE experts say | The National | 3 January 2017 |
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| Calls to rethink UAE diet as UN study shows environmental damage of eating meat | The National | 31 December 2016 |
| Dubai hosts biggest international conference on quinoa | Multiple sources | 8 December 2016 |
| Emirates Soil Museum opens its doors in Dubai | Multiple sources | 8 December 2016 |
| A for Agriculture The homegrown revolution | Gulf News | 1 December 2016 |
| Article title | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| True meaning of empowerment | The National | 25 October 2016 |
| New programme aims to increase representation of female farmers in the Middle East | The National | 24 October 2016 |
| Protected Agriculture | Dubai Eye 103.8 | 24 October 2016 |
| Greenhouse yield to grow ‘threefold’ in UAE | Gulf News | 16 October 2016 |
| Tunisie vers la mise en place d’un syst?me d’alerte ? la s?cheresse | MARC Diplomatique | 14 October 2016 |
| La Tunisie doit mettre en place un syst?me d'alerte s?cheresse d'ici d?but 2017 | Agence Tunis Afrique Presse | 12 October 2016 |
| Article title | Source | Date |
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| Emirates Soil Museum 2 store data & samples on home soil | Nature | 15 September 2016 |
| Emirates Soil Museum set to open in Dubai in 12 | Arabian Business Horn | 15 September 2016 |
| Empower Arab Women Scientists | Sci.Dev.Net | 11 September 2016 |
| Emirates Soil Museum to open in Dubai | Gulf Today | 6 September 2016 |
| Researchers Identify Barley That Thrives In Salty Soils | Eurasia Review | 5 September 2016 |
| Article title | Source | Date |
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| New program supports women sciencists in Middle East, North Africa | Ecampus News | 30 August 2016 |
| IsDB-Gates Foundation drive backs women scientists | Trade Arabia | 30 August 2016 |
| IsDB, Gates Foundation Support New Program for Women Scientists in Middle East, North Africa | Yahoo Finance | 29 August 2016 |
| IsDB, Gates Foundation Support New Program for Women Scientists in Middle East, North Africa | Relief Web | 29 August 2016 |
| IsDB, Gates Foundation Support New Program for Women Scientists in Middle East, North Africa | PRnewswire | 29 August 2016 |
| Cultivation of Qunioa in marginal areas | Scidev.Net | 12 August 2016 |
| The Earth Overshoot Day | Landscape Magazine | 8 August 2016 |
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| NU agencies lead international project to help arid regions respond to drought | Brazil Business Today | 17 July 2016 |