Description
The book documents the efforts of the founding leader Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and his remarkable genius in transforming the land of the Emirates from a barren desert into lush green gardens; thus documenting his agricultural and environmental thinking, which is a practical reflection of his words: “give me agriculture I assure you of civilization”
In the foreword, HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the National Library and Archiveswrote: “Thanks to the vision and wisdom of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE has emerged as the environmental capital of the world. For nearly six decades, first as the Ruler’s representative in Al Ain and subsequently as the Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Founding President of the Union, he passionately combated desertification and was committed to turning the desert green.
