More than 500 public and private sector leaders and global experts including high-level stakeholders from across the global fresh food industry attended the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) Conference 2022, on Wednesday. The conference was held in Abu Dhabi, the first of its kind in the Middle East.
The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) is an international network of fresh food organisations with 217 members working across 40 countries. The goal is to ensure that people around the world have easy access to high-quality, healthy diets through a sustainable and safe food system.
“The UAE is pleased to welcome the WUWM Conference to Abu Dhabi, as the meeting will address some of the crucial issues that directly impact food security in the region and globally. This is a subject of the utmost importance to the nation’s wise leadership, and we are working with our partners in the private sector and the wider international community to collectively enhance food accessibility and availability,” said Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE.
“About 23 percent of the food produced around the world is traded across borders, meaning food supply chains are critical to both consumers and communities. The global pandemic underlined both the complexity and the fragility of the global food system, and this year’s WUWM puts the importance of building resilience into our farm-to-table infrastructures in the spotlight,” Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, UAE.
Multiple discussions and sessions were held through the conference on topics like Supply Chain Resilience Panel, Assessing the role of governments and multilateral bodies in fostering and promoting food system transformation, Exploring infrastructure for the efficient and sustainable value chain in the 21st century and more.
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