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

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 ...