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FAO: Greater resilience needed for African food security
06.08.2019 13:11 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of this week, a high-level Africa Food Security Leadership Dialogue is going on within Kigali (Rwanda), FAO reports.
As to the report, the event (held this year Aug 56) is hosted by the Government of Rwanda within partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Bank.
«Farmers have always been innovators. What they need are policies that protect them and increase their resilience to climate change. They need access to information, technology, and investment, and they should be brought to the conversation on innovation,» FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo said while speaking at a Dialogue panel discussion on scaling up investments and policies for food security in response to climate change.
As to her, African food and agriculture sectors are among the most vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change. Small-holder farmers, small entrepreneurs, and their families, whose livelihoods depend on rain-fed agriculture, are most threatened by climate change.
As to Semedo, building the resilience is among the FAO key development priorities within Africa. Resilience against multiple threats, including climate change, is a key prerequisite for sustainable development, in particular when it comes to the challenge of feeding over 2 billion Africans by 2050.
It is to be admitted, as of yesterday, the Dialogue participants endorsed a commitment to better support African countries to accelerate progress towards improved food security.
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