Since October 2017, Al-Muhairi has been Minister of State for Food Security.[1][4] In September 2018, Al-Muhairi announced plans for 'Food Valley,' a food technology hub in the UAE, named after Silicon Valley.[5] In January 2019, Al-Muhairi was made an overseer of the Security and Foreign Affairs sector of the UAE's National Expert Programme.[6] In the same month, she launched the UAE Food Security Strategy, consisting of five pillars: diversification of sources of food imports, research and development to increase domestic food production, reduction of food waste, maintenance of food safety standards, and increasing the UAE's ability to respond to crises. The goal of the strategy is to see UAE's place on the Global food security index advance from 31 to 10 by 2021, and to first place by 2051.[2]