Caribbean ministers of agriculture stressed the need to reduce food import dependency and to digitalize rural areas, while offering proposals to increase climate change resilience.
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This was stated by Fadel Ndiame, vice president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), an organization that promotes agricultural transformation in 11 countries of this continent to improve the income of producers and guarantee food security.
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Closing deliberations at Mercosur’s international seminar on “Sustainable Agri-food Systems”, held in commemoration of the body’s 30th anniversary, centered on bloc member-country policies to guarantee food security.
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The “Sustainable Agri-Food Systems” seminar was organized to mark Mercosur’s 30th anniversary and highlighted the central role of its member countries in addressing the issue of global food security and nutrition. The body is currently chaired by Argentina.
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Senior officials from almost 30 countries agreed that the region, considered the world's largest producer and exporter of agricultural products, should make its voice heard at the Summit, which seeks to lay the foundations for a positive transformation of food systems.
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The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saboto Caesar, indicated that the island country is encouraging its consumers to buy Caribbean products. "There is only one market and only one economy in the Caribbean Community, and we must promote interregional trade", he explained.
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March 1, 2021
Agricultural engineer Ronald Guendel, Global Head of Food Chain Relations at Bayer Crop Science, made this assertion during an interview with the program Agro America, broadcast by Brazilian TV channel Agro Mais.
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The ministers of agriculture of Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay and Uruguay, along with high-level authorities from Mexico and Colombia, participated in an event organized by FONTAGRO and IICA, which highlighted sustainable livestock production as an essential economic and social activity, while stressing the need for cooperation and investment in science and innovation.
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The group includes representatives from the private sector, scientists, state entities, civil society organizations and international bodies. IICA will act as Secretariat for the alliance, which has decided to undertake the fight against a pest that is challenging a key crop for food security.
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