Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd emphasised that the region has made tremendous strides towards achieving the ambitious target of eliminating hunger by 2030.
Although the region is still lagging behind in human development and food insecurity remains as an issue, Minister Todd highlighted that the region can look at the value of its food production.
This, he added, requires a lot of work at the policy and regional levels to ensure that they can fill those gaps.
He made the remarks at the launch of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 38th regional conference for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, on Wednesday.
This will provide a symmetry and level of focus that will allow the region to have the priorities that are necessary from a regional perspective.
“…But to do that, we have to do that using these mechanisms, these forums, these types of activities, where we bring in policymakers, institutions, private sector individuals together so that we can be on the same page…The time is now. We have to take the opportunities available to us and we have to make sure that we can bring real benefits to the people of Latin America and the Caribbean…,” Minister Todd further emphasised.
Agriculture, he added, has always been the driver of the economies in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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