Mexico calls on FAO to act immediately to address the challenge of water availability in agriculture

Mexico called on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to act immediately Respond responsibly to the challenge of water supply in agriculture, because the sovereignty of nations depends on it.

While attending the 43rd FAO Conference in Rome, Italy, the Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development, Víctor Villalobos Arámbula, argued that the availability of water for agriculture is at a complex crossroads and what we do or stop doing in the sector will impact the future of humanity and the planet

He exhibited that water is a vital resource that is running out And if we do not act together and urgently, by putting the collective interest before the individual, we will be faced with an irreversible reality in the short term, where the lack of water will be the cause of major social problems. .

In front of the Director General of the FAO, Qu Dongyu, the Mexican official proposed to the members and Ministers of Agriculture who are members of the FAO to unite their voices to ask the world organization to focus in strengthening innovation, knowledge creation and management in terms of water use for agriculture.

Food safety is a priority

In addition to promote policy dialogues for the designthe implementation and evaluation of actions for the integral use of water resources and participating in dialogue processes in international forums to take into account the interests of agriculture and the rural sector in terms of water.

In his speech today, he also spoke out in favor of strengthening the technical capacities of ministries of agriculture, address the issue of water in the area.

By participating in the roundtable on water scarcity: making it flow for people and the planet, secretary Villalobos Arámbula called on FAO to be the voice of the interests of all agricultural producers in the world about this question.

He stressed that for the Mexican Government, led by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Food security is one of its most important priorities and to respond to it, new programs have been implemented and people-centred instruments have been promoted.

Be part of the solution

indicates that water contributes in priority to the development of the country and its integral management is carried out with the consent of various federal, state and agricultural sector users.

He pointed out that last June, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Droughtthe president presented 15 new priority water projects that will benefit 21.3 million people and they will impact 135,000 irrigated hectares, ratifying his government’s commitment to ensuring that all Mexicans have water to lead a dignified life.

The Agriculture Secretary stressed that the issue of water requires careful thought and a new commitment to cooperation, it is therefore urgent to find lasting solutions to the multiplicity of challenges we will face and to seek good forms of multilateral collaboration.

In this scenario, he says, FAO can and must be part of the solution, leaving no one behind.

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