F.A.O Director General, Tagaloa José Graziano da Silva has reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to address food and nutritional insecurity and sustainable livelihood programmes in the Small Islands Developing States.
He made the commitment in Samoa during a series of high-level bilateral meetings in the margins of the S.I.D.S Conference, held in Apia, Samoa.
The Director-General has also stressed high level of food imports by S.I.D.S and the trend of families to favour easy to prepare processed meals rather than traditional dishes.
In this context, Tagaloa renewed the invitation to the Ministers of Agriculture to take part at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), to be held in Rome next November.
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Another recurrent theme in the meetings was the organization’s technical expertise in small-scale fisheries, broadening opportunities for fishermen and local food production, including feasibility study in seaweed farming and finding the right balance with industrial fisheries.
F.A.O’s Blue Growth Initiative, assists S.I.D.S to sustainably use their aquatic resources, was also remembered.
S.I.D.S leaders welcomed F.A.O’s initiatives as they received a brochure with a summary of some activities undertaken by the organization in each one of its 52 states.
“All of those activities are not isolated efforts, but are part of the strategic framework that guides FAO action defined by our Members and that focuses on food security, sustainability, reducing rural poverty, improving markets and building resilience,” said Tagaloa.
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Le Mamea Ropati Mualia was among the Ministers who met with Tagaloa while he was in Apia.
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