SIDS Solutions Platform Promotional Video
by Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General
23/07/2021
SIDS Solutions Platform Promotional Video
Introductory and Concluding Remarks by
Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General
23 July 2021
INTRODUCTION
1. Our agri-food systems continue facing challenges to provide enough, nutritious food for a growing world population.
2. Innovation and digital services are important driving forces for agricultural development and rural transformation.
3. They create new opportunities for farmers and rural people.
4. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share a unique set of challenges:
5. They face frequent natural disasters;
6. have limited arable land, and
7. depend on small-scale agriculture and high-priced imports.
8. The good news is that digital technologies offer promising opportunities to improve food production and trade,
9. especially to smallholder farmers.
10. They can help to achieve food and nutrition security
11. and global poverty alleviation,
12. including for the SIDS.
CONCLUSION
1. Innovation and digital services provide a way forward,
2. in transforming agri-food systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life,
3. leaving no one behind!
4. Let’s work together on innovation and digital agriculture.
5. Come join us at the FAO SIDS Solutions Forum!