Morocco Takes Part in 13th Ministerial Conference of Global Forum for Food and Agriculture

Rabat – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Aziz Akhannouch, took part Friday in the 13th Ministerial Conference of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA).

On the sidelines of this Conference, held virtually, Akhannouch chaired, alongside the Director of the Agriculture Pole at the World Bank, a round-table discussion on adaptation to climate change, during which he shared with 28 ministers, officials, heads of mission and international organizations, Morocco’s experience in combating climate change, said a statement of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests.

Some 120 countries took part in the conference, which was marked by the presence of the UN Secretary-General, the Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Head of the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commissioner for Agriculture and the Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), according to the same source.

This 13th edition examines the challenges related to agriculture supply in the world in the long term in order to ensure a balanced food system despite the spread of epidemics or phenomena related to climate change.