Italy: Latin America and the potato call for global changes in food systems

Published 2021년 7월 27일

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A pre-summit hosted by the Italian government brought together leaders and experts to discuss the need for more sustainable and equitable food systems, in the context of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda goals. Key figures like Antonio Guterres, Pope Francis, and Mario Draghi expressed concerns over the worsening poverty and economic inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic. Indigenous activist Myrna Cunningham highlighted the plight of indigenous communities, while Honduras' Minister of Agriculture, Mauricio Guevara Pinto, emphasized his country's vulnerability to climate change. The summit emphasized the need for a holistic approach to food systems, including small farmers' access to necessary services and credit, and calls for changes from all actors involved. Manuel Otero, director general of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, stressed the importance of fairer development and an optimistic outlook for agriculture in Latin America.

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This pre-summit, organized by the Government of Italy, brings together until July 28, in person and electronically, ministers of the Environment and Agriculture, political leaders, researchers, members of civil society, young people and farmers, who debate on how make food systems more sustainable and equitable. The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, lamented in a video that the world is going through a very “critical” moment and it seems that it has “deviated” from the path to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. In addition, he denounced that the pandemic has aggravated poverty in less developed areas and accentuated economic inequalities in access to food and care. Nicaraguan indigenous activist Myrna Cunningham also participated remotely in the forum, calling for a greater role for indigenous communities in international decisions and criticizing "the grabbing of land, resources, racism and rights violations" suffered in ...

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