AAAID signs smart agreements

Khartoum,  (SUNA) – The Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development signed a number of smart agreements. AAAID is the regional partner in the effectiveness of the first Regional Forum for Smart Agriculture, which was organized jointly by the Arab Organization for Information Technology and Communication, the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development and the Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Information and Communication. The first Regional Forum for Smart Agriculture, which is now being held at the Friendship Hall under the theme “Towards Sustainable Agricultural Development Through the Internet of Things and New Technological Trends” during the period 24-26 of the current September at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum, in the presence of Ministers of Agriculture and Technology in Member States. AAAID President Mohamed Bin Obaid Al-Mazrowei signed memorandums of understanding with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) and the Arab Organization for Information and Communication Technology aiming at framing cooperation between the three parties in the common areas. The CEO of Sudatel Group announced the training of 100 farmers in the field of smart agriculture and enable them to use all means of technology and modern communications through the establishment of a model farm, pledging to provide all means of technology. For its part, the AAAID expressed its readiness to cooperate with the group to establish a model farm based on modern technologies in the agricultural field and to enable agricultural cadres to work at the highest level of modern agricultural technologies in Sudan and Arab countries in supporting of the Arab Food Security Project.