CIRDAP – Enabling Rural Communities

Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)

An Intergovernmental & Autonomous Organization; Established in 1979, Mandated for Promoting & Strengthening Integrated Rural Development Systems for 15 Asia-Pacific Countries; Namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Indonesia, IR Iran, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand & Vietnam.

Food sustainability in the post-pandemic international paradigm

On June 29 this year, a meeting was held by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Matera, Italy, within the framework of the Group of 20 (G20). The topic of food sustainability was discussed at the meeting in view of the ongoing impacts of COVID-19.

Mario Lubetkin, ADG of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) while noting advances made in Europe, the United States and some other countries in reducing the dramatic impact of COVID-19 in key sectors of the economy and population pointed out that this has not happened in some parts of Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East where the devastating effects of the pandemic appear to be continuing to severely affect their socio-economic sectors. One sector, in particular, the food and agriculture continues to suffer from its deep impact.

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