São Paulo – The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce joined the 6th Arab Conference for Investment in Food Security this Wednesday (14) in Fujairah, the UAE. The Chamber’s president Rubens Hannun attended the event alongside Operations director Tamer Mansour and senior marketing analyst Tâmara Machado.
Mansour (1st, R to L in the picture at the top of this story) sat on one of the panels, where he discussed Brazil’s experience in agriculture, including research, family farming and food security efforts.
“And we went over a study underway by USP (the University of São Paulo), which is intended to provide a landmark to Arab investors, so they can learn more about investment opportunities in Brazil,” Mansour said. “Brazil has always been a friend and a partner [to Arab countries] when it comes to food security,” he went on to say.
The Arab Chamber has commissioned a study from the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea) at USP’s school of agriculture (Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiros – Esalq. “It’s a study on food security. It will identify opportunities and chart out potentially useful avenues for Brazilian-Arab investment,” said Mansour.
Due to the arid climate and rapidly growing population, food security is a major concern in Arab countries. Mansour said the conference also covered local efforts by Arab countries to achieve self-sufficiency in food production, like agricultural projects in fertile land in Sudan, Algeria, Jordan and Egypt.
The conference is hosted by the Union of Arab Chambers and the Fujairah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The event was kicked off by Fujairah crown prince Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Mohammed Al Sharqi. It was also attended by the secretary generals Ahmed Aboul Gheit, of the League of Arab States, and Khaled Hanafy, of the Union of Arab Chambers.
Hannun and other leaders attending the conference were welcomed by Fujairah’s emir Hamad Bin Mohammed Al Sharqi at his palace.
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
