{"id":389062,"date":"2025-05-22T16:20:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=389062"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:22:45","slug":"brazil-african-nations-talk-fight-against-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-african-nations-talk-fight-against-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil, African nations talk fight against hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Cooperation to tackle a shared challenge, hunger, was the focus of lectures, experience exchanges, and meetings at the 2nd<\/sup> Brazil-Africa Dialogue on Food Security, Fight Against Hunger, and Rural Development, held this week in Bras\u00edlia and coordinated by Brazil\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representatives from 44 African countries and 10 international institutions, including development banks and philanthropic organizations, participated in the second edition of the event, held 15 years after the first edition during Lula\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of their appointments in Brazil, ministers, ambassadors, and representatives from African nations visited the storage facility of national crop agency Conab<\/a> in Bras\u00edlia, as well as the facilities of Brazil\u2019s state-run agricultural center Embrapa<\/a> in Petrolina, Pernambuco, to learn about projects developed by the company focused on the soil and climate of Brazil\u2019s semi-arid region. They also visited Embrapa\u2019s booth at the AgroBras\u00edlia fair.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Embrapa\u2019s president, Silvia Massruh\u00e1, and Libya\u2019s ambassador, Osama Ibrahim Ayad Sawan: Discussion on technical cooperation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In addition to technical visits, foreign officials participated in Brazil-Africa Dialogue meetings from Monday (19), when they attended President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva\u2019s speech, through Thursday (22), featuring speeches and presentations by African ministers, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture Minister Paulo Teixeira, First Lady Janja Lula da Silva, and other officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Thursday\u2019s dialogues, participants exchanged experiences in fighting hunger and shared the challenges their countries face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Conab, among the Arab African countries participating in the meetings were Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, and Tunisia. Even before the Brazil-Africa Dialogue began on Monday (19), Embrapa president Silvia Massruh\u00e1 received three African delegations: from Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as Libya\u2019s extraordinary ambassador to Bras\u00edlia, Osama Ibrahim Ayad Sawan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the meeting, Sawan discussed the need for technical cooperation between Brazil and Libya for the development of peanut, citrus, and wheat crops, as well as cooperation in cattle ranching for beef and dairy production. He said Libya has an artificial river project aimed at supplying potable water to regions facing water scarcity. \u201cLibya has the potential to carry out large projects, and for this, we would like to implement existing agreements with Brazil,\u201d said the diplomat, according to Embrapa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/em>:
Lula: Brazil can repay Africa debt via agriculture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supplied\/Brazil Rural Development Ministry<\/div>
Supplied\/Embrapa<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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