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Call for Expressions of Interest to Host the Second Arab Land Conference

19 December 2018

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After a successful first Arab Land Conference, the Call to host the Second Arab Land Conference is now open!

The first Arab Land Conference

Saudi agricultural investment abroad - land grab or benign strategy?

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By: Kieran Cooke
Date: October 5th 2016
Source: Middle East Eye

Water-poor Saudi Arabia moves farming venture to drought-stricken California

Saudi Arabia

By: Matt Weiser

Date: May 6th 2016

Source: The Guardian

Blogs

Making Sand into Gold

6 December 2017

Authors:

Mr. Wael Zakout

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Yemen

Those of you who have visited Dubai in recent years may relate to what I am going to say: Dubai is in the middle of the desert, and its land, not that long ago, was really worth nothing. Now it is one of the most vibrant international cities in the world. All this happened in a relatively short time span.

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Events

First Arab Land Conference

26 February 2018 to 28 February 2018

Location

United Arab Emirates

See map: Google Maps

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Iran

Iraq

Jordan

Lebanon

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syrian Arab Republic

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

The Government of the United Arab Emirates in partnership with the World Bank, the Global Land Tool Network, UN-Habitat, the Arab League and the Arab Union of Surveyors heldthe first Arab Land Conference that will be hosted by the Dubai Land Department and held in Dubai, UAE, from 26-28 /February/2018.

Organizations:

Global Land Tool Network

World Bank Group

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - currently ratified by 187 countries - is the only human rights treaty that deals specifically with rural women (Art. 14). Adopted in 1979 by the United Nations Generally Assembly, entered into force in 1981. The Convention defines discrimination against women as follows:

Crops and Drops

Journal Articles & Books

February 2019

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Water - Source of food security. World Food Day: 16 October 2002.<p></p>Water and food security are intimately connected. Many of the over 800 million people in the world who still go hungry live in water-scarce regions.

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