WFO Comments to the “Draft of the Rome Declaration on Nutrition”
The World Farmers’ Organisation, WFO, strongly supports the Second International Conference on Nutrition and the importance of a “Rome Declaration on Nutrition”. As a general comment, WFO wants to highlight the importance of explicitly referring to farmers, the main food producers and those responsible for high-quality food production, as key stakeholders to achieve better nutrition standards.
Nutrition is certainly a major challenge to development, and all stakeholders, including farmers, civil society, private sector, and Governments have to join forces and make an extra effort to raise awareness on the importance of nutrition all over the world. Involving farmers in this process is the key for success. Farmers do not simply produce food, but they are the ones who know what to produce, how to produce and when to produce. Farmers have the knowledge and expertise to produce high-quality food which is the basic element to achieve better nutrition goals.
Please find attached the detailed comments to the "Draft of the Rome Declaration on Nutrition".
World Farmers' Organisation (WFO-OMA)