Rome,
26 July 2018 – Ahead of his address to the Group
of Twenty (G20) Ministers of Agriculture Meeting this week, Gilbert F. Houngbo,
President of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD), offered the
institution's full support for efforts to increase the sustainable production
of nutritious foods.
"Sustainably feeding a growing population will take
collective action and IFAD stands ready to partner with the G20 to achieve
this,” Houngbo said prior to his departure for Buenos Aires. “With small family
farms supplying up to 80 per cent of the food produced in developing countries,
it has never been more critical to invest in these farmers, providing the tools
for them to better manage their land and ensure the health and productivity of
their soil in the face of a changing climate.”
