This was the key message of Michael Kremer, who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2019, to the ministers, deputy ministers, and senior officials of Agriculture, Environment and Science and Technology of 40 countries at the first “Africa-Americas Summit on Agricultural and Food Systems”, held in Costa Rica.
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The data indicate that, in developing countries, productivity growth has slowed down in most regions over the past 20 years.
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These conclusions were highlighted at the round table on Science, Technology and Innovation that was part of the first day of the "Africa-Americas Summit on Agri-food Systems", a meeting that brings together ministers, deputy ministers and senior officials of Agriculture, Environment and Science and Technology from 40 countries.
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Since December 2020, Dr. Lal and IICA have obtained positive results in different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean through the “Living Soils of the Americas” initiative, which has coordinated public and private efforts in combating soil degradation, a phenomenon that threatens food production and security.
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The institutions agreed that these continents can learn from each other but that immediate agreements are needed because the time has come for concrete action.
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Von Braun stressed that it is essential that the countries of the two regions increase their investment in research, considering that science and technology are key to achieving a more productive and resilient agriculture sector while protecting natural resources.
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The Summit, which seeks to foster the sharing of experiences to accelerate positive transformations in agrifood systems, was convened and organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the African Union Development Agency -New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) at a particularly momentous point in time, when global food security is being threatened by a war and overlapping health and environmental crises.
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“The Summit, which brings together ministers from Africa and the Americas, is intended precisely to provide a platform where, at the level of policies and technical operations, we can exchange ideas, we can examine issues, we can see how to really ensure the success of individual and collective efforts to provide solutions that support our populations and build resilience to deal with the consequences that we are experiencing,” Bwalya commented.
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The institutions and the entities involved in the organization of the Summit agree that both continents face common challenges and that the promotion of mutual collaboration and the exchange of experiences will accelerate positive transformations in their agri-food systems, making them more productive, sustainable and resilient.
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