Agricultural and Food Systems consistent, companies prosperous and inclusive rural areas and Agriculture resilient are the three priorities set by the member countries organization of United Nations for the feeding and Agriculture (FAO). On April 1, 2022, the regional conference in Quito ended.
This afternoon ended the fifth day of the 37th session of the regional conferencewhose host country was Ecuador. The representatives of the member countries of the FAO discussed the measures they will implement in the next two years to agri-food systems region of.
“The region must produce enough in 2025 Food for millions population, more than today. It is important to ensure better production, nourishmenta better one Surroundings and a better life that leaves no one behind,” said FAO Director-General QU Dongyu.
They require the countries of the region to transform their systems agri-food with the help of innovation, through the use of technology with guidelines responsible, according to QU Dongyu.
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The construction of systems agri-food consistent is necessary to ensure diets healthy. FAO will help countries advance healthy eating, policies and programs to support the 104 million people who live with it obesity and another 60 million living with hunger.
companies rural you thrive and inclusive is the second priority. The third is to focus Agriculture resilient and adaptable climate change.
“In Latin America and the Caribbean There is no hunger for want of food. There is no hunger Because farmers don’t do their homework. There is because there is too much inequality and povertysaid Julio Berdegué, FAO Regional Representative.
He noted that “half of the population who lives in the fields Latin America and the Caribbean is poor. (…) and 82% of those working in agriculture and fishing do so under conditions of informality“.
The FAO Director-General described the conference as “successful” and the organization that “made Ecuador be even more famous within the FAO family”. the regional conference which took place in Ecuador after 73 years.
After approving the report of the conference, the Minister of Agriculture of Ecuador, Pedro Álava, closed the event.
The next FAO conference will be held in Guyana in 2024.