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  "language": "en",
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  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/adafsa-agricultural-transformation-strategy-food-security-targets-2026",
  "slug": "adafsa-agricultural-transformation-strategy-food-security-targets-2026",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-16",
  "sourceDate": {
    "kind": "year",
    "value": "2040"
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  "sourceName": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2rsyo9-adafsa-showcases-key-initiatives-dhafra-dates",
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  "tags": [
    "United Arab Emirates",
    "Abu Dhabi",
    "Agriculture",
    "Food security",
    "Water efficiency",
    "Agricultural technology"
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  "content": {
    "title": "Abu Dhabi agriculture strategy sets 2040 food and technology targets",
    "summary": "The emirate’s strategy targets higher staple-food self-sufficiency, lower irrigation use and wider adoption of advanced farm technologies.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Targets to 2040",
        "paragraphs": [
          "ADAFSA presented Abu Dhabi’s Agricultural Transformation Strategy, which targets raising self-sufficiency in staple foods from 30% to 70% by 2040 and cutting irrigation-water consumption by 49%. It also aims for 70% of farms to use advanced agricultural technologies and for agriculture to contribute AED 34.6 billion to the emirate’s GDP. The authority said the strategy includes 13 programmes spanning productivity, water and energy efficiency, food waste, AI and other technologies. These are stated targets, not achieved outcomes."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
            "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2rsyo9-adafsa-showcases-key-initiatives-dhafra-dates"
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