Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the Ministerial Statement in the Pre-Summit of United Nations Food System Summit 2021.
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The Minister emphasized the importance of Agriculture in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 as 12 out of 17 SDGs are directly dependent on agriculture.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations has convened a Food Systems Summit to be held in 2021.
The UN Food Systems Summit aims to launch bold new actions to transform the way the world produces and consumes food, as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
The Summit is scheduled to take place at the margins of the General Assembly in 2021 and will be guided by five Action Tracks that plan to bring together key players and draw on the expertise of actors from across the world’s food systems.
