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FAO/ TRANSFORMATION OF AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS KEY FOCUS OF REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 
How to harness the potential of a dynamic region in transforming the ways in which our food is produced and distributed globally, while also tackling persistent problems like hunger and poverty, these are the challenges that ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are discussing in a four-day meeting (19-22 February) organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
Language English
Country Sri Lanka
Related URL https://www.fao.org/asiapacific/news/detail-events/en/c/1677626/
Duration 3m55s 
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Video Type Video News Release (VNR)
Date 02/21/2024 
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Shotlist STORY: FAO/ TRANSFORMATION OF AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS KEY FOCUS OF REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
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DATELINE: COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, 21 FEBRUARY 2024 / RECENT

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DATELINE: 20 FEBRUARY 2024, COLOMBO, SRI LANKA


1. Wide shot, opening of the 37th Ministerial Session of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (APRC37)
2. Pan right, participants and Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, at the opening of the APRC37.
3. Wide shot, opening of the APRC37.
4. SOUNDBITE (English), FAO Director-General QU Dongyu: “We need to more, with less. We need to think innovatively, be action-oriented, and results-targeted to make the changes needed to accelerate national and global pathways towards achieving more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient, and more sustainable agrifood systems.”
5. Med shot, delegates at the APRC37.
6. Med shot, delegate taking note at the APRC37.
7. Med shot, participants at the APRC37.
8. SOUNDBITE (English), FAO Director-General QU Dongyu: “The new, reformed, more fit-for-purpose FAO is ready to respond to the needs of the Members. We are ready to do more and better, together. I said that we must be smart about mobilizing resources efficiently and adapting to the changing situations on the ground across this vast region."
9. Pan up, flags displayed at the APRC37.
10. Med shot, Toga representative at the APRC37.
11. Med shot, APRC37 participants working with computers.
12. Med shot, members of the China delegation at the APRC37.
13. Med shot, member of the India delegation at the APRC37.
14. SOUNDBITE (English), Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe: “How do your green economy develops? Through agriculture. So you go into agriculture, you modernize it, you make it competitive, and you go ahead.”
15. Med shot, member of the Samoa delegation at the APRC37.
16. Med shot, member of the Singapore delegation applauding at the APRC37.
17. Wide shot, APRC37 member delegates listening and applauding.
18. SOUNDBITE (English), FAO Director-General QU Dongyu: “The Asia-Pacific region holds great potential to lead the world in many areas, notwithstanding the many challenges. The region is now home to three of the world’s five largest economies, and over the past 20 years the economies of many nations in this region have been moving out of the category of ‘least developed’ [LDC] and became ‘middle income’ [economies].”
19. Pan right, dancers at performance during the opening of the APRC37.
20. Wide shot, FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Sri Lanka’s President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, watching dancing performance at APRC37.
21. Med shot, dancers at APRC37.

19 FEBRUARY 2024, COLOMBO, SRI LANKA

22. Tracking shot, FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, walking towards the stage at a special event forming part of the APRC37.
23. Pan left, FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, welcomed by participants at the APRC37.

18 FEBRUARY 2024, PITIGALA, SRI LANKA

24. Wide shot, FAO Director-General talking with local tea plantation worker.
25. Wide shot, plantation worker.
26. Medium shot, plantation worker.
27. Close-up, tea leaf.
28. Wide shot, FAO Director-General carrying a tea basket on his back and picking tea leaf.
29. Cutaway shot, Organic tea field board.
30. Wide shot, FAO Director-General planting tea tree.
31. Close-up, FAO Director-General planting tea tree.
32. Wide shot, FAO Director-General watering tea tree.

18 FEBRUARY 2024, AGALAWATTA, SRI LANKA

33. Drone shot, FAO Director-General in rubber plantation with local staff.
34. Close-up, rubber tree.
35. Close-up, rubber tree.
36. Wide shot, FAO Director-General in rubber factory
37. Close-up, machine processing rubber
38. Wide shot, FAO Director-General in factory processing rubber 
Script How to harness the potential of a dynamic region in transforming the ways in which our food is produced and distributed globally, while also tackling persistent problems like hunger and poverty, these are the challenges that ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are discussing in a four-day meeting organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The perils of the climate crisis and the complexities of leveraging finance are also topics discussed at the 37th Ministerial Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC37), hosted by the Government of Sri Lanka. Government Ministers and Heads of Delegation from as many as 46 FAO Member Nations have gathered here for the event.

In his opening statement, FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, called for an innovative approach to tackle the region’s challenges.

SOUNDBITE (English), FAO Director-General QU Dongyu: “We need to more, with less. We need to think innovatively, be action-oriented, and results-targeted to make the changes needed to accelerate national and global pathways towards achieving more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient, and more sustainable agrifood systems.”

At the gathering, FAO Director-General highlighted that FAO can play a central role in the transformation of agrifood systems in the Asia-Pacific region and the world.

SOUNDBITE (English), FAO Director-General QU Dongyu: “The new, reformed, more fit-for-purpose FAO is ready to respond to the needs of the Members. We are ready to do more and better, together. I said that we must be smart about mobilizing resources efficiently and adapting to the changing situations on the ground across this vast region."

At an inauguration ceremony for the conference featuring colourful ethnic Sri Lankan song and dance, Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe outlined the three principles guiding the ongoing transformation of the economy of his country: competitivity, digitalization, and sustainability.

Underscoring the country is emerging from its economic crisis, President Wickremesinghe explained that the agricultural sector plays a central role in the sustainable economic transformation of the country.

SOUNDBITE (English), Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe: “How do your green economy develops? Through agriculture. So you go into agriculture, you modernize it, you make it competitive, and you go ahead.”

FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, called to reform agrifood systems in Asia-Pacific to unleash the region’s full development potential.

SOUNDBITE (English), FAO Director-General QU Dongyu: “The Asia-Pacific region holds great potential to lead the world in many areas, notwithstanding the many challenges. The region is now home to three of the world’s five largest economies, and over the past 20 years the economies of many nations in this region have been moving out of the category of ‘least developed’ [LDC] and became ‘middle income’ [economies].”

The global pandemic and years of environmental crises have hit this region disproportionately hard, impacting economic progress and individual livelihoods. Some of the least resilient areas have seen agricultural production badly affected by floods, droughts and tropical storms.

Hunger and other forms of malnutrition persist. Nearly 371 million people in Asia-Pacific are undernourished, as the cost of a healthy diet rises out of many families’ reach. Even before the pandemic, progress in the fight against hunger was slowing, underlining the importance of transforming the region’s agrifood systems to become more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable.

Ministers and Heads of Delegation gathered for the APRC37 are participating in a number of roundtable discussions.

One is focusing on lessons learned from the pandemic and its impact on food security and nutrition, another on modernization and digitization for smallholders in aquaculture and livestock, building resilience through agrifood systems transformation.  A further gathering is on saving food and water and reducing food loss and waste.

A special event was also organized on the specific challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCS).

This week’s gathering presents a new broader format, spread over four days (19-22 February), allowing for more interaction among the more than 40 FAO Member Nations in the region. It was preceded by a Senior Officers Meeting (SOM) held virtually from 31 January to 2 February, 2024.

On the eve of the APRC37, FAO Director-General visited one of Sri Lanka’s major local tea factories and the country’s Rubber Research Institute.

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