United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Deputy Director-General Maria Helena
Semedo, has said that a boost in investment is essential to transform the world’s agrifood systems to
become more resilient, efficient, sustainable and inclusive.
Semedo said this while supporting countries access climate finance and ensuring that appropriate
financial resources reach small and medium-scale food producers.
She said this while speaking at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) being held in Berlin,
Germany.
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She was the keynote speaker at a FAO organized event titled Financing sustainable transformation in the
agrifood systems: Gaps and Opportunities.
“This event comes at a critical time as the current food crisis is far from over. This is particularly
concerning as the world’s most vulnerable countries and communities struggle with increasing hunger in
the face of climate and biodiversity challenges,” Semedo said.
She highlighted FAO’s role in launching global initiatives to examine these issues and emphasized on the
need for climate finance to transform agrifood systems by 2030. At COP 27 last year, FAO launched the
Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation Initiative (FAST), along with the government of
Egypt, to improve the quality and quantity of climate finance contributions to the agricultural sectors.
