The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Near East
Regional Conference has opened in Italy bringing together delegates from 30
member countries across the region, reports NaijaAgroNet.
The participants, NaijaAgroNet gathered, include 15 government
ministers, to elaborate on regional challenges and priorities for food
security, and to promote regional coherence on global policies.
The Conference is set within the framework of achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 2 Zero Hunger. At a high-level
side event on Zero Hunger on 10 May, attendees will examine the challenges to
achieving Zero Hunger in conflict zones including Somalia and Yemen, and
develop recommendations for strengthening collective action.
The agenda also includes agricultural transformation in the
region and the challenge of youth employment and migration; adapting to climate
change in semi-arid areas through agroecology; and regional cooperation to
address transboundary plant, animal and fish pests and diseases.
Results and priorities for FAO in the Near East and North
Africa Region will also be raised.
Isaac Oyimah/GEE