Inspiring
Agricultural Sustainability
Bahrain International Garden Show 2012
For the eighth year running, the Bahrain International Garden Show (BIGS) takes place once again from 15 to 18 January 2012 at the Bahrain International Convention & Exhibition Centre. This much-awaited annual garden show will be held under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain and the support of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of the King of Bahrain.
What distinguishes this year’s show is the National Initiative for Agricultural Development launched by Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al-Khalifa in March 2010, with the aim of unifying all efforts to enhance the agricultural industry in Bahrain. The Bahrain International Garden Show is now an annual event under this ambitious initiative that will undoubtedly boost the sector and make it a viable career choice for the future workforce.
Sustainable Agricultural Development
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) as a process which meets the following criteria:
- Ensures that the basic nutritional requirements of present and future generations, qualitatively and quantitatively, are met while providing a number of other agricultural products.
- Provides durable employment, sufficient income, and decent living and working conditions for all those engaged in agricultural production.
- Maintains and, where possible, enhances the productive capacity of the natural resource base as a whole, and the regenerative capacity of renewable resources, without disrupting the functioning of basic ecological cycles and natural balances, destroying the socio-cultural attributes of rural communities, or causing contamination of the environment.
- Reduces the vulnerability of the agricultural sector to adverse natural and socio-economic factors and other risks, and strengthens self-reliance.
