QU Dongyu, re-elected for a second term, urges FAO Members to rewrite the narrative on food security and address key four drivers: availability, accessibility, utilization and stability
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, re-elected on Sunday for a second term at the head of the Organization, delivered today his opening statement at the 43rd Session of FAO Conference (1-7 July), in which he stressed that it is time to “rewrite the narrative on food security.”
The Conference began on Saturday 1 July with the election of Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food, as Chairperson and the McDougall Lecture by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore’s Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies.
In his speech to the Conference, QU Dongyu highlighted that global agrifood systems are continuously facing shocks from different dimensions, and emphasized that FAO and its Members should not only focus on the challenges, but also “find opportunities and take action to move forward.”
“We need to start the transformation!” Qu urged, stressing that agrifood systems need to urgently become more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable.
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Source: FAO.org
