Media Coverage

August 2017

Article title	Source	Date
3 UAE startups bag Expo Live grants	Khaleej Times	1 August 2017

July 2017

Article title	Source	Date
UAE ventures aimed to improve lives are first to get Expo 2020 grants	The National	31 July 2017
Three inspirational UAE startups have been granted Dhs1 million	Whats On	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

June 2017

Article title	Source	Date
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

May 2017

Article title	Source	Date
Nominations for Innovative Farmer Award opens	Gulf Today	25 May 2017
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development finances 17 projects worth AED5.6 billion in 2016	Emirates News Agency	24 May 2017
ADFD funded Dh5.6b projects in 2016	Khaleej Times	24 May 2017
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development eyes lucrative chance for local firms	The National	24 May 2017
Islamic Development Bank 42nd Annual Meeting Policymakers, experts urge more youth engagement in agriculture to fight unemployment, food security	GFAR News	18 May 2017
Islamic Development Bank 42nd Annual Meeting Policymakers, experts urge more youth engagement in agriculture to fight unemployment, food security	Islamic Finance	17 May 2017
Islamic Development Bank 42nd Annual Meeting Policymakers, experts urge more youth engagement in agriculture to fight unemployment, food security	Nigeria News, Shafaqna	16 May 2017
Islamic Development Bank 42nd Annual Meeting Policymakers, experts urge more youth engagement in agriculture to fight unemployment, food security	ReliefWeb	16 May 2017
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	News One Place	3 May 2017
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	World News	3 May 2017
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	Public	3 May 2017
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	GFAR News	3 May 2017

April 2017

Article title	Source	Date
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	Humanitarian News	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

March 2017

Article title	Source	Date
UAE Portrait of a Nation A champion of dry agriculture	The National	9 March 2017

February 2017

Article title	Source	Date
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

January 2017

Article title	Source	Date
Wasting food is harming the environment, UAE experts say	The National	3 January 2017

December 2016

Article title	Source	Date
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

October 2016

Article title	Source	Date
True meaning of empowerment	The National	25 October 2016
Protected Agriculture	Dubai Eye 103.8	24 October 2016
New programme aims to increase representation of female farmers in the Middle East	The National	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

September 2016

Article title	Source	Date
Emirates Soil Museum set to open in Dubai in 12	Arabian Business Horn	15 September 2016
Emirates Soil Museum 2 store data & samples on home soil	Nature	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

August 2016

Article title	Source	Date
IsDB-Gates Foundation drive backs women scientists	Trade Arabia	30 August 2016
New program supports women sciencists in Middle East, North Africa	Ecampus News	30 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
IsDB, Gates Foundation Support New Program for Women Scientists in Middle East, North Africa	Yahoo Finance	29 August 2016
Cultivation of Qunioa in marginal areas	Scidev.Net	12 August 2016
The Earth Overshoot Day	Landscape Magazine	8 August 2016

July 2016

Article title	Source	Date
NU agencies lead international project to help arid regions respond to drought	Brazil Business Today	17 July 2016