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USEE leads delegation to attend World Food Forum 2025 and AFCD and Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations sign Letter of Intent (with photos)
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     The Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Miss Diane Wong, led a delegation to attend the World Food Forum 2025 held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy, on October 13. Representatives joining the visit included the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation, Mr Mickey Lai.
      
     The delegation attended various activities organised by the World Food Forum, and held meetings with the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Agencies in Rome and the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
      
     The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the FAO today (October 17, Rome time) to further strengthen knowledge exchanges between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the FAO, as well as to promote regional co-operation. Witnessed by Miss Wong, the Director-General of the FAO, Dr Qu Dongyu, and others, Mr Lai and the Assistant Director-General of the FAO, Dr Thanawat Tiensin, signed the LOI.
 
     The LOI aims to achieve common objectives between the AFCD and the FAO in several areas, including:
 
  1. promoting and implementing the One Health approach;
  2. preventing and controlling transboundary animal diseases (especially avian influenza and African Swine Fever);
  3. Reducing the Need for Antimicrobials on Farms for Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation (RENOFARM), and promoting research, technology and innovation in agrifood systems; and
  4. enhancing capacity development and training in agriculture and aquaculture.
 
     In addition, Miss Wong delivered a speech at the partnership dialogue of the Science and Innovation Forum today, introducing the innovative efforts undertaken by the HKSAR Government in support of the One Health principles within the agrifood systems.

     ​The HKSAR Government will continue to maintain close communication and co-operation with the FAO to contribute further to global food security and sustainable development. 
 
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The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today (October 17, Rome time) to further strengthen knowledge exchanges between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the FAO, as well as to promote regional co-operation. Witnessed by the Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Miss Diane Wong (back row, third left), the Director-General of the FAO, Dr Qu Dongyu (back row, third right), and others, the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation, Mr Mickey Lai (front row, left) and the Assistant Director-General of the FAO, Dr Thanawat Tiensin (front row, right), signed the LOI.
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today (October 17, Rome time) to further strengthen knowledge exchanges between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the FAO, as well as to promote regional co-operation. Photo shows the Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Miss Diane Wong (back row, third left); the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation, Mr Mickey Lai (front row, left); the Director-General of the FAO, Dr Qu Dongyu (back row, third right); and the Assistant Director-General of the FAO, Dr Thanawat Tiensin (front row, right), and others, after LOI signing.
The Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Miss Diane Wong, led a delegation to attend the World Food Forum 2025 held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy, on October 13. Photo shows Miss Wong delivering a speech at the partnership dialogue of the Science and Innovation Forum today (October 17, Rome time), introducing the innovative efforts undertaken by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in support of the One Health principles within the agrifood systems.