IFAD attracts UAE University students to work at the fund

“Dr. Mohamed Abdel Mohsen Yafai”, Assistant Dean for Students Affairs at the “College of Food and Agriculture” at “UAE University” said that the “International Fund for Agricultural Development” (IFAD) has a great desire to attract enthusiastic graduates from the “United Arab Emirates University” to work at the Fund, this will be activated in the areas of agriculture, nutrition, crop management, and rural communities, and humanitarian action. This workshop was organized by the college and was attended by a number of specialists, researchers and students from the “College of Food and Agriculture” and a delegation from the “Ministry of Finance”.

This workshop was in preparation for the “World Food Day” which is marked by the “Food and Agriculture Organization” of the “United Nations” today 16^th of October, with the theme for this year “Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition”, almost (870) million people worldwide are chronically undernourished. Unsustainable models of development are degrading the natural environment, threatening ecosystems and biodiversity that will be needed for our future food supply. With (842) million people in developing countries undernourished during (2011-2013), according to a report by the "World Food Program". And that one-third of the world production of food is wasted annually through production and consumption, which is enough to eradicate hunger from the world if exploited correctly.

Dr. Mohamed Abdel Mohsen Yafai, expressed the willingness of the University to collaborate with the Fund to foster student training and faculty exchange between the University and the Fund for research and future projects, with the hope of finding innovative ways to fight poverty and hunger and to improve the conditions for the population living in rural areas in poor developing countries.