Philippine’s Agricultural Undersecretary expresses support for ICN2 as a key forum for collaboration between health and agriculture sectors
On 19 June, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva met with the Philippine’s Agriculture Undersecretary, Segfredo Serrano, at the Organization’s headquarters in Rome to discuss the comprehensive response to Typhoon Haiyan. After the hurricane, FAO responded to an official Government request for support to affected rice farmers, providing 75 percent of the Government-requested rice seeds. Both discussed the challenges that the Philippine’s agriculture sector faces after the disaster, and the Undersecretary also expressed support for the high-level, intergovernmental Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2). “The ICN2 is a good convergence of health and agriculture ministers that we fully support,” he said. “Impacts of good nutrition policies mean better health for the people”.