DAY 2 - From Vision to Implementation: Solving Real-World Challenges - GT (Gulf Time, GMT+04:00)
- Rachel Meuleman - Founder & CEO, BizzAngels (Bizz Marketing Management)
Practical approaches to climate-resilient farming under rising temperatures and erratic weather.
- Adoption of climate-resilient crops, drought-tolerant seeds, and advanced irrigation
- Implementation of climate-smart technologies for yield prediction
- Risk mitigation for extreme events
- Regional adaptation lessons and case studies
- Armen Sedrakyan - Economist - Subregional Office for GCC States and Yemen, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
The horticulture sector is developing rapidly, driven by the need to increase local production, improve resource efficiency and strengthen food security. However, successful transformation is not simply a matter of importing technology. Technologies, growing systems, data and expertise need to be adapted to local climatic, operational and market conditions, while local capabilities and knowledge need to develop alongside them.
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- Giovanni Angiolini - Director Middle East and Africa, Dutch Greenhouse Delta / Owner of Trapital
- Marnix de Jong - Sales Manager MENA, Van der Hoeven Horticultural Projects
- Bas Visser - Managing Director, Wireless Value
- Layth Ibrahim Dwairi - CEO, Tathmeer Agri Tech
- Mapping the Middle East AgriTech ecosystem and its key growth drivers
- Sector-wise industry dynamics, trends, and future outlook
- Market attractiveness and investment opportunity analysis
- White spaces and underpenetrated opportunities across the ecosystem
A practical playbook for winning in Middle East AgriTech
- Raj Shah - Founder & CEO, Coherent Market Insights
- Antony Regesh - Head of Manufacturing, EANAN Al Samma
Intersections of trade, geopolitics, and supply chain vulnerabilities affecting regional food security.
- Managing global supply chain vulnerabilities
- Regional cooperation to reduce import dependency
- Strategic stockpiling and logistics diversification
- Balancing economic, environmental, and social objectives
- Bradley Warwick-Browne - Founding Partner, Rocksource Group Ltd
- Fadi Sbaiti - General Manager, Khalifa University AGX CENTER
- Raj Shah - Founder & CEO, Coherent Market Insights
- Suresh Vaidhyanathan - Board Advisor & C-Suite Leader, .
- Amit Dutta - Director – Agri, Food & Nutrition, Frost & Sullivan
- Mohamed Al Mazrouei - Entrepreneur, Certified Trainer and Strategic Planner - Agricultural Innovation and Business Development, UAE Investment Opportunities
Many agricultural decisions are still made after a problem becomes visible: when a crop is stressed, disease spreads, fruit loses quality, or yield has already changed. In the UAE, narrow production windows make earlier insight especially valuable. We examine how connected sensing, machine learning, robotics, and aerial monitoring can shift farms from periodic inspection to continuous awareness and timely action. It considers the pathway from observing crop conditions to targeted intervention, with applications spanning protected cultivation, field monitoring, and post-harvest operations.
- Mashood Mohsan - Research Associate, Khalifa University
Linking regenerative practices to profitability and bankable models.
- Techniques to improve soil health and productivity
- Carbon credits and environmental incentives
- Measuring ROI and ESG impact
- Case studies for regional scaling
- Bradley Warwick-Browne - Founding Partner, Rocksource Group Ltd
- The problem created by sudden changes in availability
- Processing high fibre diets for top producing livestock
- Adjustments and modifications to assist speed and quality of processing finished rations
- Storage of forages if buildings are not available
- John Lawton - General Manager, Agricultural Technology (Middle East) Co
Viability of protein sources for nutrition security.
- Production scalability and economics- Consumer acceptance trends- Policy, regulatory, and investment considerations- Environmental and sustainability implications
- Jiří Janoušek - CTO & Founder, BeneMeat
- Alexander Kappes - CEO, Greener Herd
- Rachel Meuleman - Founder & CEO, BizzAngels (Bizz Marketing Management)
Accountability and strategies to minimise losses.
- Losses at production, processing, retail, consumer levels
- Retailer and distributor strategies
- Circular economy and redistribution
- Technology adoption for monitoring and traceability
- Rachel Meuleman - Founder & CEO, BizzAngels (Bizz Marketing Management)
- Rameez Al Daour - Food Consultant/ Educator, SEE Food- The Sustainable City
- Roman Ulyanov - Founder & CEO, Greeneration
- Nima Vakili - Founder & CEO, NURAIYA | Safa BioWorks
- Anas Bachar - Co-Founder & Principal Shareholder, Africa Organics
Common Source builds partnerships for a learning ecosystem of food networks, bottom-up and top-down, that develops robust, regional and resilient food regions around cities and metropolitan areas.
The workshop, presented by Mark Frederiks of Common Source and Mohammad Jaber of BSV Association, will present the Common Source collaboration platform that empowers medium and smallholder farmers, thought leaders, knowledge institutions and governments to make the transition actionable, how this process facilitates trust between agribusiness and emerging markets, how it improves profitability of participants through innovation and cooperation, and builds new regenerative business and partnerships through Living Labs to secure longevity.
- Mark Frederiks - Managing Director, Common Source B.V.
- Mohammad Jaber - Head of Solutions, BSV Association
- Zahira Nedirauji - Environmental Advocate and Founder, Beekeepers Foundation
- Eng. Ibrahim Al-Yazidi - Company Director, Beekeepers Foundation
- Zahra Sadat Arzanforoosh - Manager, Beekeepers Foundation
This session examines how sustainable food production can strengthen food security in the face of climate change, water scarcity, population growth and supply-chain disruption. It will explore resource-efficient agriculture, responsible consumption, reduced food loss and waste, and the importance of resilient local and regional food systems in ensuring reliable access to safe, nutritious and affordable food.
- Doaa Hamdy AbdelHalim Mohamed Serour - Director of Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability – Middle East, Mediclinic Middle East