Strong message
HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has made a strong statement to the people of the UAE, calling for an end to the “culture of excess” when it comes to food wastage.
Discussing the current mindset of overspending and consumption and waste of food, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces explained this “habit” must be dealt with in order to preserve the “ecosystem” of the nation.
“Food security is a holistic ecosystem that pertains to not only food production, but also addresses the culture of handling food or the culture of rationalism and avoiding overuse and waste,” His Highness said during a virtual chat, where Mariam Al Mheiri, the Minister of State for Food Security, joined him.
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“We have a habit of excess which we need to restrain. If this excess or overspending is for a good cause like charity is good and we support it but overspending for no reason is bad.”
Sheikh Mohamed went onto explain the key aim of his food security strategy is to help people think about “our various natural resources such as water, food sources, energy and others”.
This starts, according to His Highness, with educating people, and he believes citizens and residents of the UAE are all “very receptive and responsive” which will make change happen “very quickly”.
Especially in the current trying times, reducing wastage and using what we have couldn’t be more poignant.
