With 925 million people going hungry every day, the food insecurity crisis in the South cries out for solutions for long-term and sustainable food security.
Thus, this year’s Global South-South Development Expo, being held at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy on December 5-9, brings together country, civil society, private sector and UN agency representatives to allow sharing of success stories and exploration of new ideas to achieve food security.
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Development joins the expo as it taps into South-South Cooperation, which is based on solidarity and sharing of solutions and expertise among developing countries.The expo features a series of “solution exchange forums” covering: agriculture, food security and capacity development; social protection, agriculture and food security; environment, agriculture and food security; nutrition, HIV/AIDS, agriculture and food security; and health, agriculture and food security and agribusiness, food security and education.
These fora aim to help countries move towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals through the sharing and discovery of solutions that are adapted to each country’s realities.The expo also includes a Leadership Roundtable on food security moderated by BBC news presenter Zeinab Badawi.
AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia participates in this roundtable, which is being webcast live.
Click here to go to the Global South-South Development Expo website
Click here to watch the live webcast of the Leadership Roundtable on food security
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