Anthony Nwakaegho/NaijaAgroNet
The fifth meeting of the Governing Body of the International
Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture ( ITPGRFA) kicked off at the Al Bustan
Palace Hotel on Tuesday at Oman.
The opening ceremony of the meeting organised by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries was sponsored by His Highness Sayyid
Shihab Bin Tariq Al Said, adviser to His Majesty the Sultan and continues till
September 28.
His Excellency, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr
Fuad Bin Jaafar Al Sajwani, said the Sultanate’s hosting of the meeting shows
its support for efforts to enrich the state of biodiversity in general and
genetic resources in particular, coming after the ministerial conference for
the Near East and North Africa and a meeting of Donor Funds on the challenges
of food security across the world.
The Director General of the Indonesian Agency for
Agricultural Research and Development Ir. Haryono, speaking on behalf of the
Indonesian minister of agriculture, stressed the importance of working together
and pointed out that the genetic resources have become an integral part of the
laws and regulation across the world which now faces climate challenges, draught
and water scarcity.
NaijaAgroNet gathered that the Director General of Food and
Agriculture Organisation (FAO), José Graziano da Silvawas, delivered a recorded
speech from the Organisation Headquarters in Rome, and pointed out that the
treaty which is one of the most successful plays a vital role for food security
by ensuring fair distribution.
NaijaAgroNet
learnt from the meeting that the Near
East countries in Asia and Africa are among the richest in the world in terms
of plant resources, yet lack food
security, suffer from instability,
climate changes, exhaustion of bio resources, such as soil and water, while the
FAO efforts is on how to secure food for
nine billion people by 2050.
*With additional report from Oman News
Agency
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