About
Hidaya Benkassa is Director of Agriculture & Strategy at Agro Resources, an agribusiness company within Resources Investment, a UAE-based holding group. With over 13 years of experience spanning agroecology, sustainability and digital growth, she oversees agribusiness investment and development initiatives across African and Gulf markets, strengthening strategic and commercial links between the two regions. Her work spans investment strategy, project structuring, operational governance and cross-border partnerships, with a focus on food security and climate resilience. She has also led agricultural development and climate-adaptation programmes across Africa and the wider MENA region, including climate early-warning systems developed in collaboration with NGOs and regional stakeholders. Alongside professional certifications in ISO 9001, ISO 22000 and HACCP. Multilingual, she brings an international and multidisciplinary perspective to agricultural investment and development.