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Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit calls for the creation of permanent mechanisms for integration and collaboration between the two continents to improve their agri-food systems

The States tasked three organizations the IICA, AGRA and AUDA-NEPAD with preparing a roadmap and developing a common agenda for that purpose.

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Multilateral lenders and private sector ratify partnership and joint work with IICA on food security, sustainability, green infrastructure, trade and integration

The call—conveyed in a joint commitment made at the first ever Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit—included the announcement of work in different areas.

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Rural well-being depends on institutional modernization and functioning, warned experts at the Africa-Americas Summit

This was one of the conclusions of the debate on institutional aspects and policy innovations that took place at the Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit on Agricultural and Food Systems, a meeting that brought together ministers, deputy ministers and senior officials of Agriculture, Environment, and Science and Technology from 40 countries.

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At the Africa-Americas Summit, the United States highlights increased agricultural productivity as an essential tool to reduce poverty

The data indicate that, in developing countries, productivity growth has slowed down in most regions over the past 20 years.

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Collaboration in science, technology and innovation must be at the center of Africa-Americas cooperation to leverage sustainable development

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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The Americas can help Africa become the world’s food basket, said scientist Rattan Lal at a Summit that brings together ministers from the two continents

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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Africa-Americas initiative for the transformation of agri-food systems must be based on political agreements, say three specialized organizations from both continents

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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Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit shines the spotlight on cooperation and sustainable agricultural productivity to tackle hunger and malnutrition and foster agrifood systems transformation

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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“Connecting countries and regions is key to dealing with climate, health and war-related crises,” says Head of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) on the eve of the Africa-Americas ministerial summit

“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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