Agriculture & Food

On September 7, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the "One Country, One Product: Global Action for the Green Development of Special Agricultural Products" (hereinafter referred to as the "Global Action"), aiming to create a green and sustainable value chain for specialty agricultural products. Support smallholders and family farmers to fully share the returns of the global market, and ultimately promote the transformation of the agricultural food system and achieve sustainable development goals.

Special agricultural products refer to agricultural products with unique qualities and characteristics due to the influence of geographical location and cultural heritage. They can make outstanding contributions to ensure food security and healthy diet, support farmers' livelihoods and economic growth, and protect the environment and biodiversity.

There are many types of specialty agricultural products, which are recognized (or have the potential to be recognized) as having national or local symbolic significance, but they have not yet fully benefited from agriculture when compared with commonly grown staple food crops (such as rice, wheat, corn, soybeans and potatoes) And rural development plans. Special agricultural products also have great potential to penetrate local, regional and global markets and trade. "The global food supply chain is increasingly dependent on a few crops and agricultural products. Most agricultural food systems are faced with high input, resource intensive, and lack of integration, optimization and innovation." FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu at the launch ceremony Express.

The core of the global action is to promote specialty agricultural products through innovation and green development, and at the same time promote the development of smallholder and family farming production models, in order to realize the 2030 Agenda, especially SDG1 (no poverty) and SDG2 (zero hunger). contribute. The plan aims to optimize the production system, minimize the loss of crop yields and biodiversity, reduce food loss and waste and improper use of agrochemicals, and maximize the overall profit of agriculture. The combined goal of these elements is to build a more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agricultural food system.

"You can identify a certain product or crop, and start to promote the transformation of the agricultural food system." Qu Dongyu said, "Take this product as the starting point, take specific innovative actions, and achieve tangible results, so that everyone can enjoy better production and better production. Nutrition, a better environment and a better life will not leave anyone behind."

The Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Levan Davitashvili, who attended the launching ceremony of the global action, said that the perennial orchards promoted by Georgia’s “Plant the Future” plan can be connected with global actions, which will promote the development of green value chains, including sustainable production and storage. And processing for long-term planning.