{"version":"1","article":{"id":"abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040","slug":"abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040?lang=en","title":"Abu Dhabi sets 2040 targets for agricultural transformation","summary":"ADAFSA set goals for food self-sufficiency, irrigation water, technology adoption and agriculture’s economic contribution, with 13 programmes planned for implementation.","category":"agriculture","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-08T22:56:33+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-08T22:56:33+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-08","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM), reporting ADAFSA's Partners Forum","url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2n1hu5-adafsa-outlines-agricultural-transformation","publishedAt":"2026-10-08","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040?lang=es"}],"data_types":["table"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"abu-dhabi-agriculture-2040-targets","type":"table","title":{"tr":"ADAFSA’nın açıkladığı 2040 hedefleri","en":"ADAFSA's stated 2040 targets","ar":"أهداف ADAFSA المعلنة لعام 2040","fr":"Objectifs 2040 annoncés par l’ADAFSA","es":"Objetivos para 2040 anunciados por ADAFSA"},"description":{"tr":"Stratejide açıklanan karşılaştırma değerleri ve 2040 hedefleri; gerçekleşmiş sonuçlar değildir.","en":"Comparison figures and 2040 goals stated in the strategy; these are not achieved outcomes.","ar":"قيم المقارنة وأهداف 2040 الواردة في الاستراتيجية؛ وليست نتائج محققة.","fr":"Valeurs de comparaison et objectifs 2040 de la stratégie ; il ne s’agit pas de résultats réalisés.","es":"Valores de comparación y metas para 2040 de la estrategia; no son resultados alcanzados."},"methodology":{"tr":"Değerler WAM’ın 8 Ekim 2026 tarihli haberinden alınmıştır. Bazı hedeflerin başlangıç yılı, fiyat esası veya ürün kapsamı haberde verilmemiştir; bunlar çıkarımla tamamlanmamıştır. Tüm hedefler ileriye dönük olarak sunulur.","en":"Figures are transcribed from WAM's 8 October 2026 report. The report does not give a baseline year, price basis or product scope for some goals; none is inferred. All goals are treated as forward-looking.","ar":"نُقلت القيم من تقرير وام بتاريخ 8 أكتوبر 2026. ولا يحدد التقرير سنة الأساس أو أساس الأسعار أو نطاق المنتجات لبعض الأهداف، ولم تُستنتج هذه التفاصيل. وتُعرض جميع الأهداف بوصفها مستقبلية.","fr":"Les valeurs sont reprises de l’article de WAM du 8 octobre 2026. Celui-ci ne précise pas l’année de référence, la base de prix ni le périmètre de certains objectifs ; aucun détail n’est déduit. Tous les objectifs sont présentés comme futurs.","es":"Las cifras se transcriben de la nota de WAM del 8 de octubre de 2026. La nota no indica año base, base de precios ni alcance de algunos objetivos; no se infieren esos datos. Todas las metas se tratan como futuras."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2n1hu5-adafsa-outlines-agricultural-transformation"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-08T19:46:42+00:00","columns":[{"key":"indicator","label":{"tr":"Gösterge","en":"Indicator","ar":"المؤشر","fr":"Indicateur","es":"Indicador"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"value","label":{"tr":"Değer","en":"Value","ar":"القيمة","fr":"Valeur","es":"Valor"},"type":"number"},{"key":"unit","label":{"tr":"Birim","en":"Unit","ar":"الوحدة","fr":"Unité","es":"Unidad"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"period","label":{"tr":"Dönem","en":"Period","ar":"الفترة","fr":"Période","es":"Periodo"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"basis","label":{"tr":"Niteliği","en":"Basis","ar":"الأساس","fr":"Base","es":"Base"},"type":"text","language":"en"}],"rows":[{"indicator":"Agriculture contribution to GDP, comparison amount","value":9.5,"unit":"AED billion","period":"Reference year not specified","basis":"Comparison amount; price basis not specified"},{"indicator":"Agriculture contribution to GDP","value":34.6,"unit":"AED billion","period":"2040","basis":"Target"},{"indicator":"Self-sufficiency in essential food products","value":70,"unit":"percent","period":"2040","basis":"Target; comparison value 30 percent"},{"indicator":"Irrigation water per hectare","value":24700,"unit":"cubic metres/hectare","period":"Baseline period not specified","basis":"Comparison amount"},{"indicator":"Irrigation water per hectare","value":12700,"unit":"cubic metres/hectare","period":"2040","basis":"Target; source says about 49 percent lower"},{"indicator":"Farms adopting advanced agricultural technologies","value":70,"unit":"percent of farms","period":"2040","basis":"Target"},{"indicator":"Farms enabled to access capital","value":75,"unit":"percent of farms","period":"2040","basis":"Target"},{"indicator":"Global Food Security Index position","value":5,"unit":"rank","period":"2040","basis":"Target"}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"abu-dhabi-agriculture-2040-targets","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"abu-dhabi-agriculture-2040-targets","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040/data/abu-dhabi-agriculture-2040-targets?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/abu-dhabi-agriculture-transformation-2040/data/abu-dhabi-agriculture-2040-targets?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) outlined the emirate’s Agricultural Transformation Strategy at a partners forum on 8 October. Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported that the plan aims to improve productivity, food security and environmental sustainability by 2040. Its “grow more with less” principle treats farming, livestock, logistics, processing and market access as parts of one value chain. The authority describes the strategy as a roadmap for food security and more resilient farms. The figures released are future goals, not evidence that the stated changes have already occurred.","The strategy calls for agriculture’s contribution to gross domestic product to rise from AED9.5 billion to AED34.6 billion. WAM describes this as a 264% increase, but the report does not identify the reference year or price basis for the AED9.5 billion comparison amount. The two figures therefore cannot be read as a measured growth series or as a real-output comparison. A second goal is to raise self-sufficiency in essential food products from 30% to 70% by 2040. That ratio describes the local share of needs for the products covered; the report provides neither product-level targets nor current import volumes. Reaching the goal would not mean that all food imports cease.","The resource-efficiency target is to reduce irrigation use from 24,700 to 12,700 cubic metres per hectare, which ADAFSA describes as a reduction of about 49%. This is an irrigation-intensity measure per hectare, not total water consumption across the emirate or output per unit of water. The announcement does not specify the baseline period, how changes in crop mix will be handled, or how the indicator will be audited. The strategy also aims for advanced agricultural technologies to be used on 70% of farms and for 75% of farms to have access to capital. Those are adoption and access goals; they do not promise a particular technology, loan amount or increase in farm yields.","ADAFSA said implementation will run through 13 flagship programmes, spanning infrastructure and production inputs through manufacturing, logistics, trade and consumption. More than 180 public and private partners attended the forum. WAM listed 46 federal and local entities, 25 private agricultural companies or organisations, 20 semi-government bodies and 14 academic, research or international entities among them. Attendance does not establish that programmes have budgets or delivery schedules. The announcement gives no interim milestones, total financing, product-level self-sufficiency measures or method for verifying water savings. Those details, alongside regular and comparable outcome data, will determine whether progress can be assessed."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"ADAFSA set goals for food self-sufficiency, irrigation water, technology adoption and agriculture’s economic contribution, with 13 programmes planned for implementation.\n\nThe Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) outlined the emirate’s Agricultural Transformation Strategy at a partners forum on 8 October. Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported that the plan aims to improve productivity, food security and environmental sustainability by 2040. Its “grow more with less” principle treats farming, livestock, logistics, processing and market access as parts of one value chain. The authority describes the strategy as a roadmap for food security and more resilient farms. The figures released are future goals, not evidence that the stated changes have already occurred.\n\nThe strategy calls for agriculture’s contribution to gross domestic product to rise from AED9.5 billion to AED34.6 billion. WAM describes this as a 264% increase, but the report does not identify the reference year or price basis for the AED9.5 billion comparison amount. The two figures therefore cannot be read as a measured growth series or as a real-output comparison. A second goal is to raise self-sufficiency in essential food products from 30% to 70% by 2040. That ratio describes the local share of needs for the products covered; the report provides neither product-level targets nor current import volumes. Reaching the goal would not mean that all food imports cease.\n\nThe resource-efficiency target is to reduce irrigation use from 24,700 to 12,700 cubic metres per hectare, which ADAFSA describes as a reduction of about 49%. This is an irrigation-intensity measure per hectare, not total water consumption across the emirate or output per unit of water. The announcement does not specify the baseline period, how changes in crop mix will be handled, or how the indicator will be audited. The strategy also aims for advanced agricultural technologies to be used on 70% of farms and for 75% of farms to have access to capital. Those are adoption and access goals; they do not promise a particular technology, loan amount or increase in farm yields.\n\nADAFSA said implementation will run through 13 flagship programmes, spanning infrastructure and production inputs through manufacturing, logistics, trade and consumption. More than 180 public and private partners attended the forum. WAM listed 46 federal and local entities, 25 private agricultural companies or organisations, 20 semi-government bodies and 14 academic, research or international entities among them. Attendance does not establish that programmes have budgets or delivery schedules. The announcement gives no interim milestones, total financing, product-level self-sufficiency measures or method for verifying water savings. Those details, alongside regular and comparable outcome data, will determine whether progress can be assessed.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"}}}