Agriculture and Fisheries is the source of food and therefore, it is the source of life.
The point was highlighted by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Le Mamea Ropati Mualia, during the commemoration of World Food Day in Savai’i on Thursday.
World Food Day, he said, is a reminder to everyone about the need to have food in sufficient quantities and quality for healthy living.
“The one reason that put Agriculture and Fisheries in the forefront of development in all countries of the world is the needed of food,” he said.
“As they say in India; ‘No farmer, no food.” And I feel the same could also be said of food; ‘No farmer, no food” He added that this is indeed a fact of life.
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“I wish to congratulate and thank all farmers and fishers of Samoa for your invaluable contributions in meeting the food need of our people.”
FAO Sub-Regional Representative in Samoa, Dr Gavin Wall, delivered the World Food Day message from Director General of FAO, Tagaloa Jose da Silva.
“In recognition of the importance and significance of family farming, this year has been designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Family Farming and so World Food Day has taken up the same theme,” he said.
“This enables us to celebrate the contribution family farmers make to food security and sustainable development.”
“In every sense, they feed the world and care for the earth.”
He said that family farmers play crucial sovio-economic, environmental and cultural roles which, amid serious challenges, need to be cherished and strengthened through innovation.
“This is particularly the case across the Pacific, and in Samoa, where a large proportion of the population lives in rural communities.”
“At the most simple level, change is being driven by the evolution of our global food system, over the last few decades profound changes have happened in the way food is produced, traded and consumed.”
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