"Over 200 million people worldwide suffer from acute food insecurity due to overlapping political, economic and climate crises," says Qu Dongyu. Dongyu was speaking at the Farnesina at the fourth edition of the Global Conference on the state of implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16.
He expressed appreciation for Italy's approval of the measure that starts testing Assisted Evolution Techniques in Agriculture (TEA) that aim to make fruit and vegetables more resistant to drought and pests. "The recent floods have affected northern Italy - he added - show how to cope with drought as well as the overabundance of water we need to protect agriculture"