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Singapore, FAO inks agreement on improving food and nutrition security

Xinhua, June 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Singapore on Tuesday signed a deal to improve food and nutrition security in Southeast Asia, the first agreement for both sides since Singapore joined the FAO in 2013.

The collaboration specially focuses on food safety and fisheries, and will look at improving the health and safety of food, including street foods, and combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

Other areas include cutting food losses and waste, making trade and agriculture more sustainable, and building resilience to animal and plant-related threats, said the FAO in a press release.

The agreement will also enhance knowledge exchanges, technical consultations and other forms of cooperation, including the deployment of experts across the region, training, study visits, joint seminars and workshops.

On exchanging and deploying professionals in the field, the two sides will work together on developing food policies, creating agricultural research programs and training material and disseminating new technologies. Endi