News MINISTER OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT UNVEILS E-VET GATE Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, inaugurated E-Vet Gate, the first digital platform in the world dedicated to veterinary products. Accessible through the website and app of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), E-Vet Gate serves as a complete reference for safe and certified veterinary pharmaceutical products registered in the UAE. The move aligns with MOCCAE’s mandate to implement the Federal Law
No. 9 of 2017 regulating the handling, trading, marketing, and circulation of veterinary products that aims to curb illegal activities across these processes. Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri said: “Developing animal wealth is a core priority of the Ministry as part of its goal to enhance food security. We have established an integrated approach to achieving this objective, including close monitoring of veterinary products. In this context, we are proud to launch E-Vet Gate as a valuable comprehensive source of information on the specifications and uses of approved veterinary products traded in UAE markets.” Through educating veterinarians and livestock
breeders about veterinary pharmaceutical products, E-Vet Gate seeks to ensure that only licensed products sourced from reliable suppliers are traded. This will boost animal health and productivity, safeguard public health, and keep zoonoses at bay, strengthening biosecurity in the UAE. Improving the safety of animal-based food products will increase their contribution to local production and support the livestock sector in the country. E-Vet Gate will be updated regularly, adding new products along with their information, such as package inserts, manufacturers, and local distributors. The user-friendly tool offers multiple channels to submit constructive suggestions.
AGRITECHNICA ASIA & HORTI ASIA EVENT IN THAILAND AWAITS 300 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITORS The third edition of AGRITECHNICA ASIA will be held from 25-27 May 2022 at BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand, in conjunction with Horti Asia, the region’s largest trade exhibition for smart horticulture in Asia, and the special exhibition Systems & Components Asia. Registered exhibitors from 26 countries have greeted the news that quarantine for vaccinated travelers to Thailand is no longer needed. Supported by the official co-host, the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, and with 300 exhibitors expected, the trade fair’s theme is sustainable production. “More and more countries in Southeast Asia are opening their borders to quarantine-free travel. Seeing these developments, we are looking forward to a high
international turnout of exhibitors with so much to offer Southeast Asian farmers,” said Ms. Katharina Staske, Managing Director of DLG’s office in Thailand. “Smart farming as sustainability solutions, vertical farming and even cannabis production are just some of the many highlights that farmers can discover in Bangkok in 2022. The Industry Ministry is planning to make Thailand a hub of cannabis businesses to produce new products in the medical sector and support tourism. So I think it is the perfect time to bring this topic to our exhibitions,” said Panadda Kongma, Director Agribusiness & Operations
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of VNU Asia Pacific. AGRITECHNICA ASIA presents agricultural engineering solutions, inputs and smart solutions that support the development of agriculture in the Asian markets. Mechanization through modern machinery will increase significantly in the next decade, spurred on by worsening labor shortages, increased competition and pressure to reduce production costs.
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