Kathmandu, Oct. 18: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Ramnath Adhikari has attended the multi-stakeholder meeting and the inaugural session of the World Food Forum 2024 held in Rome, Italy. Minister Adhikari is leading the Nepali delegation of Ministry officials to the Forum.
Addressing the Forum's session on
investment, Minister Adhikari urged the investors to make investments in
Nepal's agriculture sector adding that Nepal has planned to bring in more
investments in the agriculture sector and has declared the Agriculture
Investment Decade beginning this year.
Minister Adhikari also stated that
the Nepal government has accorded priority to sustainable agriculture, food
security, green production and transforming agri-food systems.
On the occasion, he said that
Nepal's rich biodiversity has made crucial contributions to the sustainability
of the agriculture sector adding that Nepal's food systems could be an
inspiring lesson for the world.
Minister Adhikari's press coordinator
Praveen Pokharel said that Chairperson of the parliamentary Committee on
Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Kusum Thapa, National Planning
Commission's Vice-Chairperson Dr Shivaraj Adhikari, Secretary Raj Kumar
Shrestha also attended the meeting.
Organized by the United Nations,
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Forum kicked off on October 14 and
will conclude today. (RSS)