By John Oba
with agency report
Group of 20 (G20) agriculture ministers has declared their commitment to meet global food security and nutrition needs by building food systems that use natural resources more efficiently, which are economically sound and socially more inclusive, and help combat climate change.
The ministers at a meeting in Istanbul announced specific initiatives to reduce food loss and waste, including a new platform aimed at strengthening information sharing to help curb food loss and waste in both the G20 members and low-income countries.
Praising the initiativs, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said: “FAO is ready to work with our partners to establish this platform. I am confident it will give a concrete contribution to sustainably increasing food security and nutrition,” the FAO Director-General told the G20 agriculture ministers.
