The APEC 2017 Food Security Week kicked off in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 18 (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – The APEC2017 Food Security Week and a High-Level Policy Dialogue on Enhancing FoodSecurity and Sustainable Agriculture in Response to Climate Change kickedoff in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 18.
The event brought together nearly 1,500 delegates from APEC member economies,international organisations and research agencies.
During the week, there are dialogues on responsible use of natural resources inorder to increase food production and sustainable agriculture business betweenministers and CEOs.
The event also features annual meetings of APEC working groups such as thePolicy Partnership on Food Security (PPFS), the Ocean and Fisheries WorkingGroup (OFWG), the High-Level Policy Dialoged on Agricultural Biotechnology(HLPDAB), and the Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG), anda meeting of the four above-mentioned groups.
Apart from symposiums, an agriculture forum on start-up and innovation and anexhibition displaying farming products of Vietnam and foreign countries, participantswill have a chance to make fact-finding trips to several farming models in CanTho and the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.
The event is expected to approve an action plan implementing the APEC frameworkprogramme on food security and climate change, another action plan implementingthe APEC strategic framework on sustainable rural-urban development tostrengthen food security and quality growth, and the Can Tho declaration onenhancing food security and sustainable agriculture in response to climatechange.
Ensuring food and nutrition security, and reducing poverty are meeting a rangeof difficulties, especially in developing countries.
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), nearly 800 millionpeople are undernourished globally and 160 children under five-year-old aresuffering from malnutrition.-VNA
The event brought together nearly 1,500 delegates from APEC member economies,international organisations and research agencies.
During the week, there are dialogues on responsible use of natural resources inorder to increase food production and sustainable agriculture business betweenministers and CEOs.
The event also features annual meetings of APEC working groups such as thePolicy Partnership on Food Security (PPFS), the Ocean and Fisheries WorkingGroup (OFWG), the High-Level Policy Dialoged on Agricultural Biotechnology(HLPDAB), and the Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG), anda meeting of the four above-mentioned groups.
Apart from symposiums, an agriculture forum on start-up and innovation and anexhibition displaying farming products of Vietnam and foreign countries, participantswill have a chance to make fact-finding trips to several farming models in CanTho and the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.
The event is expected to approve an action plan implementing the APEC frameworkprogramme on food security and climate change, another action plan implementingthe APEC strategic framework on sustainable rural-urban development tostrengthen food security and quality growth, and the Can Tho declaration onenhancing food security and sustainable agriculture in response to climatechange.
Ensuring food and nutrition security, and reducing poverty are meeting a rangeof difficulties, especially in developing countries.
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), nearly 800 millionpeople are undernourished globally and 160 children under five-year-old aresuffering from malnutrition.-VNA
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