The Minister of Municipality and Environment and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Subaie affirmed that Qatar National Vision 2030 includes building a high-performance food system that supports a diversified competitive economy and improves living standards, in addition to achieving harmony.

HE delivered a speech before the United Nations Food Systems Summit that was held in New York over two days and concluded yesterday.

HE explained that food security in the State of Qatar has become a national security issue, with Qatar’s food system becoming a model to be emulated and characterized by a resilient system.

Minister of Municipality and Environment said Qatar National Vision 2030 includes building a strong food system that supports a diversified economy that improves the standard of living. #QNA pic.twitter.com/PpnnRVNr5F

— Qatar News Agency (@QNAEnglish) September 24, 2021

With the cooperation of retailers and participation of stakeholders from the public and private sectors, Qatar aims to take effective measures to address the issue of food loss and waste in order to achieve one of the 2030 sustainable development goals.

The National Food Systems Dialogue, hosted by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment in August in preparation for the World Food Summit, provided a good opportunity for all stakeholders to discuss and develop the food system in Qatar, as well as ways to overcome challenges and obstacles in line with United Nations’ goals.

The ideas generated by the discussions were compiled and evaluated. Furthermore, the State of Qatar submitted a complete report to the United Nations.

The Food Systems Summit aims to make progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which are all dependent to some extent on healthier, more sustainable, and equitable diets; raise awareness about food system reform; develop principles to guide governments and stakeholders in leveraging their food systems to support Sustainable Development Goals; establishment of a follow-up system to ensure the continuity of the results of the conference; and the exchange of experiences, lessons, and knowledge among the participants.

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Source: QNA