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FAO chief stresses role of agri in food security at G7 ministers’ meet
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Tuesday, 17 October, 2017, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Bergamo
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At the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting, which took place in Bergamo recently, José Graziano da Silva, director general, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), stressed the role of agriculture and rural development in addressing prevention and responses related to conflicts, migration and food security.
He informed the ministers about the United Nations (UN) agency’s intention, as co-chair - with the International Organisation for Migration - in 2018, of the United Nations Global Migration Group (GMG), to emphasise the linkages between agricultural and rural development and migration.
Graziano da Silva cited FAO and the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) joint brief, which included five pathways towards durable and sustainable solutions to help to prevent conflicts and address some of the underlying causes of forced migration.
These included the need to support risk and shock responses through resilience by investing in strengthening livelihoods and to foster inclusive and participatory processes on access to and use of natural resources.
“The G7 has helped to sharpen focus on the need to make food systems more sustainable, including through territorial approaches, and we welcome the recognition that the role of women and young people is essential for achieving food security,” Graziano da Silva said.
Several of the G7 ministers joined a World Food Day ceremony at FAO’s headquarters in Rome, where Pope Francis delivered the keynote speech. The theme of World Food Day 2017 was Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development.
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