Mohamed Abdullah Al Mazrouei
Emirati Entrepreneur | Strategic Planner | Oxford-Certified Trainer, Contributor to UAE Vision 2031 in Agriculture, Tourism, Industry, Sustainability, and Climate Adaptation, UAE
Mohamed Al Mazrouei is an Emirati entrepreneur, strategic planner, and Oxford-certified trainer, dedicated to advancing the UAE Vision 2031 across agriculture, tourism, industry, and sustainability. With extensive experience in business development, international exhibitions, and network building, he has led strategic initiatives in eco-tourism, food and water security, renewable energy, digital transformation, agri-industrial technologies, and smart transport and logistics.
A recipient of the Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Award for Best Flower Farm in the UAE, Mohamed combines innovation with sustainable practices, fostering partnerships that create long-term value. He is committed to transforming climate and economic challenges into opportunities, positioning the UAE as a hub for innovation, sustainability, and global collaboration.
1. What innovations are helping to reduce food waste and improve supply chain efficiency worldwide?
Develop smart applications for sharing surplus food between individuals, restaurants, institutions, and those in need — enabling easy listing and pickup of excess food to reduce waste and support communities.
Use Artificial Intelligence in food production to forecast demand and climate/economic fluctuations, minimizing overproduction and spoilage.
Create technologies to transform food into a liquid, easily storable form sealed in cylinders before shipment, reducing transport costs and contamination risk while extending shelf life.
In the future, such food could be reconstituted through 3D food printing — a futuristic approach particularly relevant for human adaptation to extreme environments such as space.
Establish climate-adaptive smart ports that can transform into floating platforms or vessels during floods to protect exports and imports, enhancing global supply chain resilience.
2. How can technology, such as vertical farming and AI-driven monitoring, help balance sustainability with affordability in agriculture?
Apply vertical farming and AI-based monitoring systems to build closed, controlled environments that minimize waste and optimize efficiency.
Integrate sustainability principles with artificial intelligence to increase productivity, improve quality, and ensure long-term cost balance in agriculture.
Expand desert, hydroponic, and controlled-environment agriculture using sustainable water desalination technologies.
Establish cooling water channels to reduce heat in agricultural zones and enhance local climate stability.
Utilize AI-driven resource management systems to reduce costs, improve quality, and achieve regional food self-sufficiency.
3. What role can local startups and aggrotech companies play in reducing food waste and improving access to sustainable food sources?
Create integrated AI platforms linking all stages of the food supply chain — from production and harvesting to storage, logistics, and distribution — allowing real-time adaptation to climatic and economic conditions to minimize food loss and ensure supply stability.
Foster partnerships between entrepreneurs and small farmers, providing access to sustainable technologies in exchange for mutually beneficial collaboration.
Introduce supportive government policies such as reduced operational fees, tax exemptions, and incentives for adopting sustainable practices.
Develop agricultural city infrastructure that enables farmers to operate within a smart, efficient, and sustainable ecosystem.
Create integrated AI platforms linking all stages of the food supply chain — from production and harvesting to storage, logistics, and distribution — allowing real-time adaptation to climatic and economic conditions to minimize food loss and ensure supply stability.
4. How can regional governments and private sectors collaborate to make sustainable farming economically viable in arid climates?
Support innovation in sustainable agricultural technologies through funding for field experimentation in desert environments.
Facilitate public–private partnerships between companies with complementary technologies to develop integrated sustainable models.
Designate agricultural innovation zones and incentive programs for projects aligned with national sustainability goals.