G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting adopts Outcome Document and Chair’s Summary focussing on food security and Nutrition for all

The G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting has adopted Outcome Document and Chair’s Summary focussing on food security and Nutrition for all. The three-day meeting concluded last evening in Hyderabad.

The Outcome document also includes the Deccan High-Level Principles and International Millets and Other Ancient Grains Research Initiative.

The Document said that the Deccan High-Level Principles demonstrated the G20's collective responsibility in reinforcing and complementing efforts across geographies in response to global food security crises by means of facilitating humanitarian assistance.

It further said this assistance will be offered to countries and populations in vulnerable situations, enhancing availability and access to nutritious food.

The document also called for strengthening policies and collaborative actions for climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems.

Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said India will consult developing countries not represented in G20, on their developmental priorities and what they expected India to achieve through its presidency.

He further said efforts will be made to ensure that developing countries feel better engaged with the G20 process and, in turn, G20 could produce better results to promote human-centric-development.