Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ma Youxiang met separately with Stanley Loh Ka Leung, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment of Singapore, Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) on 11 October in Biejing
During his meeting with Permanent Secretary Loh, Vice Minister Ma recapped progress made in China-Singapore cooperation in areas such as agricultural policy exchange, economic and trade investment in agriculture and agricultural S&T. He highlighted that China was looking forward to working with Singapore to continue implementing two MOUs on cooperation in agriculture and food security, pushing for S&T cooperation in vertical farming, advancing trade in livestock products and further enhancing pragmatic cooperation.
Permanent Secretary Loh spoke positively of the results of bilateral cooperation and said that Singapore looks forward to continuously expanding agricultural cooperation with China and jointly building a future-oriented, high-standard food security system. Permanent Secretary Loh spoke positively of the results of bilateral cooperation and said that Singapore looks forward to continuously expanding agricultural cooperation with China and jointly building a future-oriented, high-standard food security system. Permanent Secretary Loh spoke positively of the results of bilateral cooperation and said that Singapore looks forward to continuously expanding agricultural cooperation with China and jointly building a future-oriented, high-standard food security system.
In his meeting with Deputy Director-General Bechdol, Vice Minister Ma commended FAO’s efforts to safeguard global food security. He said China will support FAO’s leading role in global food and agricultural governance and expressed China’s hopes to further enhance China-FAO cooperation in areas such as South-South cooperation and Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. Deputy Director-General Bechdol spoke highly of China’s achievements in agricultural and rural development, saying that the FAO hopes to work with China to promote the transformation of global agricultural and food systems.
In his meeting with Executive Managing Director Elouafi, Vice Minister Ma said China hopes to further strengthen strategic alignment with CGIAR, boost pragmatic cooperation at all levels, and work with CGIAR to build a global platform for open cooperation in agricultural S&T to foster innovation. Executive Managing Director Elouafi expressed her appreciation for China’s support for CGIAR, saying that CGIAR hopes to elevate cooperation with China to a new level.
Vice Minister Ma Youxiang greets agri officials in Biejing
Singapore looks forward to continuously expanding agricultural cooperation with China and jointly building a future-oriented, high-standard food security system. (Image source: MOA)
