new york – Science, technology and innovation offer “enormous” potential for progress in ensuring food security and nutrition, reducing poverty and protecting the environment, while promoting sustainable agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ) Secretary General QU Dongyu said: he said Thursday.
Speaking at the 9th Annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Societies, he said, “Technology should be appropriate to individual needs and specific situations, and accessible and affordable.'' It is very important to make sure that the price is reasonable.” Development Goals (SDGs) held in New York.
STI Forum's 2024 theme focuses on effectively delivering sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions, key to addressing challenges during multiple crises. While artificial intelligence is expected to play a key role in future efforts, any STI solution that can be particularly transformative in the lives of rural, indigenous, and community communities, particularly where poverty exists, is essential. It is especially important to be available. , food security and nutrition are deeply intertwined.
STI has the potential to unlock employment opportunities, empower small-scale producers, family farmers, rural youth and women, and bridge rural gaps, Qu noted. The use of STIs should also include careful consideration of their potential impacts, benefits, risks and trade-offs before they are introduced and scaled up, he added.
“While the potential for STI to be transformative is great, access to it can be difficult and expensive, and without the right enabling environment and basic public goods, especially for developing countries,” he said. Inequality could worsen.”
FAO's efforts
Mr. Qu has led STI to member states over the past four years, including building innovation models that drive incubators and innovation hubs, visionary analysis, and working to transform and strengthen national agricultural research and extension and advisory services. He emphasized FAO's efforts to bring the world closer together. Concrete initiatives include FAO's 1000 Digital Villages initiative, the Hand-in-Hand Initiative and its geospatial platform, FAO's participation in the Digital Public Goods Alliance, and in particular FAO's participation as one of the key pillars of the World Food Programme. Examples include championing FAO's Science and Innovation Forum. Forum since its inception.
He added that securing sufficient funding is essential to successfully leveraging STI for the SDGs. To this end, we must end the decline in public investment in agricultural research, leverage innovative funding and financing opportunities, expand South-South and triangular cooperation, and develop participatory initiatives for the co-creation of technology and innovation. He said it would be necessary to accelerate the approach.
Mr. Qu held a panel discussion with entrepreneurs who have developed innovative solutions, including accessible milk pasteurization tools and new approaches to clean and affordable transportation.
The STI Forum is closely aligned with the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to be held in July 2024 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with particular focus on eradicating poverty and fighting hunger. eradication, and the fight against climate change. Its influence,
