USEE leads delegation to go to World Food Forum 2025 and AFCD and Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations indication Letter of Intent (with images)
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The Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Miss Diane Wong, led a delegation to participate in the World Food Forum 2025 held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy, on October 13. Agents signing up with the check out consisted of the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation, Mr Mickey Lai.
The delegation went to different activities arranged by the World Food Forum, and convened with the Permanent Mission of individuals’s Republic of China to the United Nations Agencies in Rome and the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the FAO today (October 17, Rome time) to even more enhance understanding exchanges in between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the FAO, in addition to promote local co-operation. Seen by Miss Wong, the Director-General of the FAO, Dr Qu Dongyu, and others, Mr Lai and the Assistant Director-General of the FAO, Dr Thanawat Tiensin, signed the LOI.
The LOI intends to accomplish typical goals in between the AFCD and the FAO in numerous locations, consisting of:
- promoting and carrying out the One Health method;
- avoiding and managing transboundary animal illness (specifically bird influenza and African Swine Fever);
- Lowering the Need for Antimicrobials on Farms for Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation (RENOFARM), and promoting research study, innovation and development in agrifood systems; and
- boosting capability advancement and training in farming and aquaculture.
In addition, Miss Wong talked at the collaboration discussion of the Science and Innovation Forum today, presenting the ingenious efforts carried out by the HKSAR Government in assistance of the One Health concepts within the agrifood systems.
The HKSAR Government will continue to keep close interaction and co-operation with the FAO to contribute additional to international food security and sustainable advancement.