{"id":4475,"date":"2017-12-11T16:06:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T13:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/?p=4475"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:05:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:05:59","slug":"future-of-arizona-agriculture-10-years-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/future-of-arizona-agriculture-10-years-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Future of Arizona Agriculture 10 Years and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4475 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/future-of-arizona-agriculture-10-years-and-beyond\/dsc_0184-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_01841-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0182-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0182-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Future of Arizona Agriculture 10 Years and Beyond<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Agricultural Trade: The Saudi Perspective<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<\/strong> (CALS) at the University of Arizona, Tucson, held a panel discussion on the <strong>\u201cFuture of Arizona Agriculture 10 Years and Beyond\u201d<\/strong> on 3 November 2017. It was organized by the College\u2019s Department of Agricultural and Resources Economics, Department of Agricultural and Bio-systems engineering and the Global Initiative for Strategic Agriculture in Dry Lands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">One of the panelists was Dr. Turki Faisal Al Rasheed, who delivered a talk about <strong>\u201cAgricultural Trade: The Saudi Perspective\u201d.<\/strong>&nbsp; It highlighted the US agricultural exports to Saudi Arabia, particularly Arizona\u2019s agriculture exports, and ways to further increase agricultural trade between the US and Saudi Arabia. The panel discussion was in two parts; the first panel discussion was composed of five speakers and a moderator. The theme of this first panel discussion was \u201cArizona\u2019s Agriculture Future: Challenges and Opportunities\u201d.&nbsp; The second panel discussion comprised seven speakers and a moderator, and its theme was \u201cArizona\u2019s Agriculture Future: Emerging Niches and Technology Innovations\u201d. The panelists and their talk include the following:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Panel1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Panel1.jpg\" alt=\"Panel\" width=\"2710\" height=\"1737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Panel1.jpg 2710w, https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Panel1-500x320.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2710px) 100vw, 2710px\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The panel discussions created an atmosphere of enthusiasm among the participants and audience, especially those focusi<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">ng on the potential of Arizona\u2019s farming community in exporting their produce to other countries.&nbsp; Furthermore, new technologies on sustainable farming have been introduced including the use of artificial intelligence (robotic farm equipment) to enhance productivity.&nbsp; The importance of social media was also mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The panel discussions were concluded with a question and answer from the audience to the panel.&nbsp; It gave an in-depth understanding and analysis on the possible the future of Arizona agriculture. It showed new techniques and innovation on sustainable agricultural development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">To watch the video please click this link below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Panel Discussion Session 1:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NOGkzV2lcJ8&#038;feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Panel Discussion Session 2:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IoNFUveoEWI&#038;feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Future of Arizona Agriculture 10 Years and Beyond Agricultural Trade: The Saudi Perspective &nbsp; The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4475"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7002,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475\/revisions\/7002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}