Global debate on Agriculture and Food Security takes centre stage at Expo Milano 2015
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Background
On 4 June 2015, the International Agricultural Forum begins at Expo Milano 2015 with the participation of Ministers of Agriculture from participating countries and High-level Representatives of the UN Rome-based Agencies.
The Forum will be the occasion for a global reflection and discussion of the role that agriculture and the rural world will play in the challenges of providing enough food to feed the projected 9 billion people in 2050.
This issue is also at the centre of the UN theme for Expo 2015, “The Zero Hunger Challenge • United for a sustainable world”.
The International Agricultural Forum recognizes that in order to ensure that all of humanity has good, healthy, sufficient and sustainable nutrition – a central topic in the Post-2015 Development Agenda – cooperation is essential in order to promote conscious political choices and sustainable lifestyles to reach a balance between the availability and consumption of resources seek a balance between availability and consumption of resources. Also important is the universal diffusion of innovation, knowledge and good practices in order to achieve this goal.
The Forum will be the occasion for a global reflection and discussion of the role that agriculture and the rural world will play in the challenges of providing enough food to feed the projected 9 billion people in 2050.
This issue is also at the centre of the UN theme for Expo 2015, “The Zero Hunger Challenge • United for a sustainable world”.
The International Agricultural Forum recognizes that in order to ensure that all of humanity has good, healthy, sufficient and sustainable nutrition – a central topic in the Post-2015 Development Agenda – cooperation is essential in order to promote conscious political choices and sustainable lifestyles to reach a balance between the availability and consumption of resources seek a balance between availability and consumption of resources. Also important is the universal diffusion of innovation, knowledge and good practices in order to achieve this goal.
Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture
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