The AARINENA association, represented by Dr. Rida Shibli, the Executive Secretary, and the rest of the team, participated in the event of the third annual World Food Forum flagship event, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) during the period of October 16-20, 2023. Attendees from around the world celebrated a week of intensive discussions, innovative solutions, investments, and commitments.
The event, which brought together over 5,000 in-person participants, along with more than 20,000 online viewers, marked a significant step toward transforming global agrifood systems. The discussions focused on the theme “Agrifood systems transformation accelerates climate action”.
At the closing ceremony, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the importance of youth engagement and global collaboration. Qu expressed gratitude to the hardworking individuals who made the event possible and praised the youth who had travelled from every corner of the globe to participate.
“So much has been achieved this week”, he said. The forum showed the world the importance of active engagement of global youth in all global processes; the importance of partnership, collaboration and solidarity and bringing all partners from across the spectrum together to take concrete actions; and the importance of leveraging the power of science and innovation, and investments.