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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.
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.
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.
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.-
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. -
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.