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Administrador · 16 de octubre de 2026

0:00As you commit to cooperate, cooperative action, and partnerships, then ensure Indigenous 0:11peoples have full and equal participation in decision-making with informed consent on all matters 0:19that directly affect us. That was my presentation to the first World Food Summit almost 20 years ago.0:27We heard similar for the same views this week. We also heard concern for the need of increased 0:38protection of Indigenous peoples crops and seeds. We urged for the increased and ongoing financial 0:47and technical support for the Indigenous peoples unit, including for the participation of Indigenous 0:55youth in future youth forums. And for the ongoing support and collaboration with Indigenous 1:03peoples elders and knowledge holders upholding international knowledge transmission.1:12Now, as we approach the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,1:19perhaps we should declare a decade for the implementation of the UN Declaration as a true act 1:30of reconciliation or reconciliation. During this decade, we can monitor also the progress of the 1:40White Paper, Teoranga, on Indigenous peoples that was launched here yesterday. As a solution-based 1:49action on the root causes of poverty, to which we would call for special focus on Indigenous children 1:58and Indigenous persons with disabilities. Exyptema, ai, hai, inge, toana. And then finally,2:08150 years ago last month, our peoples agreed to an international agreement for peace and goodwill,2:20including in that agreement food security and agriculture.2:28To commemorate that 150th anniversary, I'd like to take this opportunity to call on Director General 2:37Elis.2:43to accept a medal that was given to our chiefs 150 years ago as we agreed to food security 2:53and agriculture for all in peace and friendship.2:57Thank you very much.3:27I have a question for you.3:38Thank you.3:57for your important contribution and for bringing the voice 4:00of indigenous peoples to this plenary home.4:04Who now like to hear from Ms. Nara Zai,4:07Kumbhonsvada, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women,4:11who joins us through a special video message.4:14Let's take a look.4:16Dear young leaders, colleagues and partners,4:29including our friends at the Food and Agriculture Organization FAO.4:36As we conclude the sixth word forum,4:39under the theme Innovate Today,4:43we are reminded that the future of agri-food systems 4:49is being shaped by the choices that we make today.4:54Over these days, I have had excellent things.4:59In the innovation labs, you explored new tools and approaches 5:04that can expand women's access to resources,5:07to knowledge and economic opportunities.5:10You also explored how food heritage and gastronomic 5:14can bring generations together,5:17keeping traditional knowledge alive,5:19or inspiring new ideas in innovations.5:24And you set together.5:26Around the fire with our sisters and brothers 5:30from indigenous communities,5:33tested traditional recipes like our own maheu,5:38and shared extraordinary cultural knowledge,5:42values and ways of living with the land and with Mother Nature.5:47This moment reminds us that transforming agri-food systems 5:52is not about new technologies.5:54It is also about valuing the knowledge,5:57the cultures and the relationships that sustain us,6:01ensuring that they are carried forward by younger generations,6:06by you in this room and us in this room today.6:09This is especially important at a time of widening inequalities,6:14of mounting climate pressures and growing challenges 6:17to gender equality and women's rights.6:22Transformation is more agent than ever,6:25and it must be just and inclusive.6:29As we mark the 2026 International Year of the Women's Famer,6:35and yesterday, the International Day of Rural Women,6:40under the theme Rural Women Famers 6:42caring for Mother Nature,6:45we celebrate women in all their diversity,6:49not only as farmers and food producers,6:53but also as entrepreneurs, scientists, researchers, innovators,7:00environment defenders, leaders, decision makers,7:05shaping the future of agri-food system.7:09This day reminds me of my own life growing up in Rural Symbabwe,7:14and I always say that it is not the women who are rural,7:18it is their environment that is rural in their context.7:23Young women are already shaping and leading change,7:26shaping innovation, policy investment across agri-food systems.7:33Yet, the young women's potential cannot be fully realized 7:38without structural inequalities that limit their access to land,7:44finance, technology, markets, and decision making being addressed.7:48We cannot ask women and young women to help feed the world 7:53while denying them equal access to land,7:57denying them equal access to finance and to technology,8:02and limiting their access to markets and decision making.8:06This is why UN Women is recently launched 8:10in the Young Women and Girls Strategy.8:13That focus is on addressing and removing these barriers 8:17to create an enabling environment for women and young women to flourish 8:22because it is our responsibility.8:25Governments, institutions, investors, and development partners 8:30must invest in the young women's leadership,8:34support women-led enterprises and organizations,8:38and transform policies and social norms that hold women back.8:44Looking ahead, it's the 71st session of the Commission on the Status of Women,8:53which is really centering the sustainable development goals.8:57We must ensure that experiences, priorities, and solutions of young women 9:04in the agri-food systems, shape global policies, policy discussions 9:10inform our assessment of progress towards the sustainable development goals 9:16and guide the structural changes still needed to achieve gender equality.9:22Peace is critical.9:25Human rights is central.9:27Young women's leadership is important.9:30As you prepare to live from my invitation,9:35is to carry forward the energy, the knowledge, and the commitment of this forum forward.9:41Let us make sure innovation translates into lasting change.9:48That traditional knowledge is valued alongside new ideas 9:54in that women, Indian women, are not merely beneficiaries of agri-food transformation,10:02but leaders that are shaping it.10:05Because nourishing tomorrow means building agri-food systems 10:12where every generation can contribute, every culture is valued,10:18and every woman and young woman and girl has the resources,10:23the opportunities, and the power to shape our common future.10:29This is the moment for all of us to translate these ideas into the lived realities within our 10:38communities and our countries. Again, thank you so much for having me and for having us 10:43at UN Women to be part of this extraordinary forum. Thank you.10:49Thank you, Ms. Kumball Zwanda, for sharing your important message with us.10:53Throughout this work with forum, culture has reminded us that food is much more 10:58than we produce and consume. It connects us to people, places, traditions, and identity,11:04and that spirit has been present throughout the week through music, dance,11:09food, and stories across the world. So now we have the pleasure of welcoming 11:15an amazing dance group from Georgia for a special performance. This stage is yours.13:58Thank you, Ms. Kumball.14:58Thank you.15:28Thank you, thank you. Georgia Dance Group for that wonderful performance. Can we get another round 15:48of applause? At the beginning of this week, we stood on this stage to open the global 15:57youth forum with one central idea, generational renewal, not just one generation replacing another,16:05but ensuring that successive generations come after the other with the capabilities,16:11the opportunities, and the systems they need to contribute and lead. Over the days that followed,16:17that idea came to life across the youth forum. Young people engaged in intergenerational 16:22policy dialogues, research, developed innovations, and celebrated food cultures,16:29and connected global conferences.16:31Some of the people who shaped it, so please join us in welcoming on the stage, Mr. Kazuki Kedalka.16:38Director of the FAO Office of Youth and Woman.16:47And together, we would like to welcome Jeroosh WFF Use Policy Board Representative.16:54Juleana Andraji He, WFF Young Signed His Group Representative.17:05Sadra Knafji Fuentes, WFF Guadomala, Use Chapter Representative.17:14Elas Alina Ticklu, WFF Ethopia, Use Chapter Representative.17:20And Kazuki, the floor is yours.17:25Thank you, Alan, and Keisha. And good afternoon, everyone. This has been a long week, I think,17:32for all of us. But I think we are going out of this week full of energy, full of ideas,17:40full of conversations. And as we were before from Dr. Kellin, conversations can 17:47should be leading to actions and actions to impact. And I think that is what we will be discussing 17:56a little bit, what your conversations were this week, and how you want to bring it forward 18:02in the national chapters, in the youth assembly, in the group of young scientists that you are 18:10leading and participating in. So I have one question for each of you, because we have very 18:17little time, but I'm sure that you will enlighten the room with your thoughts on this.18:24So I start with Jero, and reflecting on this year's youth assembly. The youth assembly is really 18:32one of the most comprehensive structures, institutions that bring together young people,18:40youth organizations, young leaders, and their thoughts into policy processes and link them 18:48to both our own FAO policy processes, but also across the UN system. So Jero, reflecting on this 18:58year's youth assembly, what are the key policy takeaways and also priorities, and how does the 19:05youth assembly plan to take these forward in the coming months to continue influencing AgriFood's 19:12policy over to you? Thank you, Kazuki. If there's one thing that this year's youth assembly has 19:19reinforced for me, it's that AgriFood systems transformation cannot be done in silos. We need to 19:25continue building bridges between policy areas, sectors, and generations, and ensure that young people 19:32help shape the path forward. This year's 2026 Woolfoo from demonstrate the results of the Woolfoo 19:38from youth assembly's year-round engagement and a dedication of its youth policy board members 19:44and all its partners. Throughout the forum, we witness how sustained youth participation can 19:50translate into meaningful contributions across AgriFood systems governance. We explored synergies 19:56across the Rio conventions, heard recommendations from Indigenous youth, and advanced youth engagement 20:02across AgriFood systems. We launched a dedicated youth constituency in Forestry, engaged with FAO's 20:08governing bodies on fisheries and aquaculture, reviewed locally grounded case studies on loss 20:14and damage ahead of COP31, and called for greater youth inclusion in sustainable livestock 20:19transformation in one half. And one message was clear, we need integrated solutions and young people 20:26can help shape them. As I reflect on this week, I keep coming back to a few questions.20:31Will our recommendations actually shape policy? Will our commitments lead to action? And will young 20:37people have a meaningful voice in decisions that determine the future of our AgriFood systems?20:42In my conclusion, while looking ahead, is that our responsibility as a youth assembly and the 20:47youth policy board goes beyond conducting consultations. We must ensure that the priorities,20:53recommendations, and solutions put forward by young people continue to inform decision-making 20:59processes within FAO member states and partners at global regional and local levels.21:05The closure of this flagship event is not an endpoint but a call to action. We encourage FAO member states 21:12and stakeholders to continue engaging with the youth assembly throughout the year,21:16to create pathways for youth recommendations to be considered, acted upon, and reflect in 21:21policy and programs. Together, we must move from dialogue to implementation accountability.21:27We must move beyond just representation and ensure that young people have a meaningful role 21:32in shaping policy, with the support and opportunities to turn our ideas into lasting change.21:45Let you be part of decision-making because we're not just the future of AgriFood systems,21:50we're helping shape them today. Thank you.21:58Thank you. Thank you so much. So with that, we are coming to the Young Scientists Group,22:04a really important group, and you launched a fantastic report this week, Juliana.22:11What are the key messages that have emerged from this year's forum on strengthening young people's 22:17capabilities and also employment readiness through education, science, innovation, and entrepreneurship?22:24And how can we translate all of these into concrete opportunities in the next step?22:31Thank you, Kazuki, for the question and the forum for the opportunity to present the Young 22:36Scientists Group here in this main stage. I believe one of the most strongest messages 22:41emerging from this forum is that young people do not lack potential. They lack equitable access 22:47resources, fair opportunities, institutional support needed to turn potential into this 22:53into long-term impact. So capabilities go beyond knowledge and skills. They mean creative 23:00conditions for young people to develop their identity, pursue their aspirations, contribute to 23:06science, and turn their ideas into a meaningful change. So this week, we have seen these 23:11capabilities into action. So our science and innovation sessions showed the knowledge how can 23:18become solutions, also the voice of traditional communities around the world that we have here 23:24that reminds us that the greatest innovation is recognizing and protecting the traditional knowledge 23:30that red exists. So discussions on youth governance also happen and reinforced that young people 23:36must not only be heard but manually participating in decision-making. So our YSCG panel discussions,23:43the recognition of entrepreneurs and innovators through awards and the launch of a 2026 B&A report 23:51called Resilience Under Pression, Young Women Navigating Conflict Effect AgriFood Systems.23:57So this demonstrated how youth leadership and scientific knowledge can strain all institutions.24:03So alongside our contributions to FAO's knowledge platforms, this work shows what becomes possible 24:10when young people, capabilities are recognized and supported. So the experience here from 24:16this forum will be shared into different types of spaces where a capabilities must be translated 24:22into real challenges. So universities, rural communities, and research institutions. So my commitment 24:28here today is to advocate for a scientific landscape where young researchers, particularly young 24:34women from the global south, can have access to funding, to institutional support,24:39and many other spaces to influence research, agendas, and developed solutions grounded and 24:45in reality. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. And with that we come to a very special 24:58group of youth structures that are existing now in more than 100 countries, the national youth 25:06chapters of the World Food Forum. And I first go to Sandrip, if you wish, and you are from the 25:14Guatemala youth chapter, the representative. Based on the outcomes of this year's forum,25:20what key actions are needed from governments and institutions to enable youth-led action at 25:27country level, and how do you plan to engage and collaborate with governments and institutions 25:34to take forward the discussions and the commitments that were made this week. Over to you.25:41Hola todos. Hi everyone. Thank you so much for the question, Kasuki. Based on the outcomes of 25:48this year's forum, I believe chapters can identify three key actions that government and 25:55institutions can take to enable youth-led action at a country level. First, we need a stronger 26:05follow-up mechanisms built before and after-global events, so that commitments and ideas emerging 26:14from these spaces, consciously, into concrete actions at national and regional levels. Second,26:23we need to strengthen the spaces for youth collaboration, including national and regional 26:28youth events, where we can exchange experiences, strengthen national chapters,26:36detail of initiatives that respond to our own context, particularly the railways of rural 26:42and indigenous youth as a model called learned farmers and communities, particularly 26:48vulnerable to climate change. Third, we need a greater technical and financial support,26:58the exhibition, both has the administrator, the reach and potential of each national chapter.27:03However, to expand that impact, we need governments, institutions and partners to 27:09change more aptically and open more opportunities for collaboration. From Guatemala, for example,27:18we propose promoting global and regional grants, aligning with evils and strategic priorities,27:26allowing national chapters and young people to develop and escalate concrete initiatives.27:32For our experience, we want to work hand in hand with governments and institutions.27:37We are open to building partnerships, maintaining continuous communication and creating mechanisms 27:42for youth holding up. Always base it on breast fit for the purposes, priorities and leadership 27:50of youth-led initiatives. Our message, therefore, let us not see national chapters only as a space 27:58for youth participation, but also as partners for implementation. Young people are already 28:06living, creating projects, mobilizing our communities, building partnerships, seeking resources 28:14and working with another young people, very often on a voluntary basis. What we need now 28:21is for more institutions to recognize that capacity, open the door to collaboration and support us 28:29in taking that work to a greater scale. Thank you.28:35Thank you. Thank you so much, Sandra. And with that, we are coming to another national youth 28:44chapter, which are really acting as major platforms for young people, youth organizations,28:52sometimes universities, other institutions, working very closely with government in most of the 28:58countries. So over to you, Helena and one of the key messages of this forum has been 29:05the importance of investing in young people. What have we learned, what have you learned,29:11about the investments and partnerships needed to turn youth-led ideas into concrete opportunities 29:17and lasting impacts over to you. Thank you, Kazuki. Good afternoon, everyone. Distinguished guests,29:24fellow delegates and most importantly, the young innovators are the heartbeats of this forum.29:30My name is Elinata Clou, the chapter lead for the World Food Forum Ethiopia.29:34And I'm deeply honored to stand before you today. For the past few days, we've been immersed 29:40in powerful discussions, shared groundbreaking ideas and witnessed the incredible energy of 29:45youth-led solutions. The message has been loud and clear. The future of food system depends 29:51on investing in young people. But as we prepare to leave this forum, we must ask ourselves the 29:56crucial question that has been posed on us. What have we learned about the investment and 30:01partnership needed to turn youth-led ideas into concrete opportunities and lasting impacts?30:07From my perspective and from the rich discussions we've had, the answer lies in a fundamental 30:13shift. It's a shift from simply uploading youth potentials to actively architecting youth 30:19progress. This requires a new blueprint built on three pillars. First, we must move from 30:26tokenism to true partnership. For too long, young people have been invited to the table,30:32only to be seen but not heard. We are not just the future, we are the present. The partnership we 30:38need are the ones where we are co-designers, co-implementers and co-leaders. This means creating 30:44formal governance structures where youth have decision-making powers and a real stock,30:49a real stake in the outcomes. It means investors and institutions treating us not as 30:55a charity case but an indispensable asset in achieving the sustainable development goals.31:01In Ethiopia, we see this when young entrepreneurs are not just given grants,31:06but are integrated into the supply chain of the large cooperatives. Their voices shape their 31:11terms of the trade. This is a true partnership. Second, we must move from fragmented funding 31:17to integrated investment. A great idea can not survive in a single grant. Turning an idea into 31:25a lasting venture requires a pipeline of support. We need investment that addresses the full journey 31:31of young investors. This includes seed funding for the initials park,31:38access to affordable credits and lands which are often insolable barriers for young change makers 31:46and investment in digital infrastructures and technology. As many young people in rural areas 31:52need to have the same access to market and information as someone in the capital city.31:58Crucially, investment in capital buildings. Not just as farming techniques but in business 32:04management, financial literacy and marketing. We don't need to just need better farmers.32:10We need better CEOs in the agricultural enterprise. Finally, and most importantly,32:16we must move from the short term projects into a lasting systemic impact. This is the most 32:22crucial lesson. A three-month workshop is not a lasting impact. A one-off donation is not a 32:28lasting impact. Lasting impact is created when we change the system that holds young people back.32:34This means for the partnership between governments, the private sector and civic societies to create 32:40an enabling environment. It means politicians making it easier for us young people to access 32:46land and create it. It means private sectors investing in their creative fairway jobs into the 32:52agricultural sector. It means building ecosystems where a young person's failure is seen 32:59not just as a dead end but as a learning opportunity and where they have the safety needs to try 33:04again. For us in Ethiopia, the vision is becoming a reality through the World Food Forum 33:10and the European chapter where we're not just a talk shop but a platform for our 33:16members to connect with policymakers and investors to push this systematic change.33:22So, what have we learned? We have learned that investing in young people is not a cost.33:27It's the highest return investment we can make on our planet and our future.33:33The idea is here. The energy is in a room. The passion is undeniable. What we have now is the 33:40partnership and the investment to match. We need you to see us not as a project but not as a 33:47project to be funded but as a partnership in a shared mission. Let's leave this forum 33:53not just as a renowned sense of hope but an concrete commitment to build and that blueprint 34:00together. Let's turn our collective potential into progress and our shared ideas into a lasting 34:06impact for the generations to come. Innovate today, nourish tomorrow. Thank you.34:15Thank you. Thank you so much, Alina. If you could just say one word that comes to mind when you 34:23think about World Food Forum 2026 that really made this forum shape for you. What would it be?34:35One word. Inspirational. Together. Conditions. Action.34:49Thank you. Thank you so much to the youth leaders and of course we would like to listen to 34:54all the 150 60 youth leaders who are here. They were here. They are here because we received 35:02some voluntary funding for this from the government of Ireland. Thank you so much for that.35:07We would not be able to do that otherwise. You hear it loud and clear. First of all,35:16the youth leaders, you have an office here in the FAO. I always say it's not the office that 35:23talks about youth. It's the office of youth and women. It's your office here in this building 35:29but also I invite everybody from the decentralized offices of the FAO as well, work with these 35:37chapters. This is the youth infrastructure that you can work with partner with in order to create 35:45a better and transformed agri-food system and indeed generational renewal in our agri-food system 35:53for a better tomorrow. With that, I think back to the moderators. Thank you.36:13Thank you, Kasuki and thank you to all our youth representatives. What we heard is a reminder that 36:20generational renewal is not something that begins and ends with one week in Rome. It depends on 36:25what's next in institutions, countries and communities around the world. The next segment will 36:31give us the opportunity to deeper into the different dimensions of agri-food systems transformation 36:36that we have explored over the past week. These are different conversations but they are not 36:41separate conversations. Science needs investment, investment needs knowledge and a strong institution.36:48Water connects production, ecosystems and community. In the UNIS people's knowledge connects 36:53central sense generation. Godfrey Magwizi, deputy director general and director of cabinet.37:05Maurizio Martina, deputy director general. Maximo Torero, chief economist.37:24Charles Vlan, chief scientist.37:40I'll hand it over to you to get a start. Thanks so much. We'll cover for our dear friend Godfrey.37:46Hopefully he makes it to the stage too. Thank you so much to everyone for this opportunity to have 37:52some of us in leadership share some of our thoughts and maybe a few comments on I think what 37:58together we have achieved this week across different parts of the world food forum. There are 38:03a few that really stand out to me in particular. First, food and agriculture belong in public spaces 38:12where people can learn and experience them firsthand. At Chirco Massimo, the second FAO global 38:21exhibition from seeds to foods brought food, agriculture and FAO to the public in a big way.38:30One of the world's most remarkable sites became a meeting place for food, for innovation,38:37for ideas, for culture and people from around the world. 25,000 visitors came even with three days 38:47of rain. And together we all made the world's diverse food and agriculture practices and products 38:54as well as FAO's work, visible, accessible and alive. Second, second, second, there is no food 39:05security without water security and agriculture must be a part of that solution. At the Rome water 39:12dialogue this year, we focused on very practical steps related to water, better water governance,39:19investment in irrigation, drought preparedness and restoring agricultural landscapes.39:25Third, a local product can become a source of jobs and opportunity for an entire community.39:33At the one country, one priority product initiatives, high level event, that initiative now 39:40involves 94 different members. We confirmed that countries can bring and build stronger value 39:47chains around products that are rooted in their local knowledge, in their tradition and in their 39:53potential. And finally, my last comment, women farmers, women scientists, women entrepreneurs,40:01women living through conflict and young women are all heroes and deserve our support and our priority.40:16This focus came across the entire forum and we celebrated women's leadership in so many ways 40:25while still recognizing how much more needs to be done on their behalf. They are doing the 40:31work but women are too often not recognized or given fair access to finance, to technology,40:39to markets and also to leadership. So this year's world food forum, I think truly brought our work 40:45to life and I think director general it has made this organization more dynamic, more engaging 40:53and even more joyous. We should all be proud of what it has become and of the energy it brings 41:00to the work of FAO. Thanks everybody. Thank you so much for this opportunity and follow the 41:14forth. I have to underline, I would like to underline three key takeaways from my side. Number one,41:24people come first in particular in this historical time. Sustainable transformation begins with people,41:34four people and this is even more true when we think women, we think youth, women nourish 41:44proud youth are the future and we have to invest day by day not only in an event in this type of 41:54efforts. Investing in indigenous people and in local communities means recognizing their knowledge,42:03their culture, their stewardship for connecting the lessons of the past with the opportunity 42:12of the future and this is exactly also what we learn during the incredible experience from 42:21seeds to food and Chico Massimo. Number two, knowledge must become common good everywhere,42:31everywhere. Knowledge creates impact not only when it's only when it shares, sorry. And through 42:43platforms such as the FAO, learning academy and our other important project on knowledge with 42:53academia and geos, civil society, learning can be democratized, learning can help us to empowering 43:05farmers and institution everywhere. The number three, not alone but always together.43:15I think it's clear that no one can transform a grifute system on its own. A progress depends on 43:24the inclusive partnerships and demonstrate that initiatives such as the Women's Accelerator 43:32Mentorship Program, for example, which empowers women interpreters and leaders to drive innovation,43:39inclusion, sustainable change across the world can really manifest. And it's an incredible 43:46opportunity not only for women but for the communities, for the people. I think this is also true when 43:55we have to work to strengthen investment in particular with the new public and private set or 44:04partnership. The final vote is simple. We must innovate today, embracing new ideas, new solutions.44:14We must nourish the moral, building strong and fair grifute systems for all. And we must 44:23sustain generations, become more global agency of impact. There is an important Italian proverb that 44:33say the farmer who waits for good weather loses the harvest. I think as our farmers, we cannot waste 44:45time. The time is now, the time to act is now because we cannot waste time but most importantly,44:54we cannot lose our harvest. Otherwise, the problem that we have in front of us now 45:04becoming more and more complicated. Please, the timing now, we have to act. Thank you.45:21Thank you, Maurizio. Thank you, Beth. It's difficult to speak after two great speakers like 45:27yourselves. But let me begin by thanking and congratulating the Director General of FAO.45:42We arrived together at FAO in 2019. I came just a few weeks after him. He's the one who brought me here.45:50There is certainly a lot of things that he has done, that he has achieved. And I'm saying this 45:57because this is his last world food forum. So somebody has to talk about the journey that he has 46:05walked here. He has achieved a lot in terms of the infrastructure, modernizing our building,46:14making our terrace the most beautiful in Rome, creating spaces in the garden that we all enjoy.46:26But as many permanent representatives were telling me, one of the enduring and most dynamic things 46:34that he has created is the world food forum.46:44It is dynamic because it has brought people from all walks of life. We have had the heads of state here 46:56some coming to participate in person, some connecting remotely and others sending video messages 47:06because they saw value in the world food forum. We have had the scientists, we have had the ministers,47:14we have had the farmers, we have had the business people, investors. It has brought connections,47:24connected people together to sit down together and talk about what we can do together to solve 47:32problems that affect real people. Yes, we focus on farmers, but farmers produce for consumers,47:41for communities. So the discussions we are having here in this context in the world food forum 47:49affect billions of people around the world. This is one of the achievements or one of my takeaways 47:57from this world food forum. And this year it has been more dramatic because of the event we had 48:06yesterday, the 100 women heroes. I have spoken to many permanent representatives who told me how 48:16emotional they felt yesterday, especially those from countries where women were recognized.48:25When you told me a European diplomat told me they advertised it, they issued the many statements 48:33in their country to thank FFO for this recognition. It was indeed an amazing event for women.48:42The other thing I saw was FFO working together is one FFO. Did they give back to spoke about the 48:58seeds to foods exhibition? I also saw fish there, fish are not seeds, but they were there,49:08live fish and they were very popular with young people. This was one FFO, they were wiggling 49:19there as the DJs reminding me. And then we were able to discuss with countries what can be done 49:29to support them. They came here, they presented their requirements, the opportunities in their 49:36countries that others who are looking for investment opportunities can take advantage of.49:42They met with our many experts, many of our experts were meeting with ministers with delegations 49:50to discuss what more we can do as FFO to help countries. So we have the capacity as I've been telling 49:59some ministers, any skill that you require, any expertise that you require, we have it in this 50:06building. We have some of the most highly educated and most experienced people in this building 50:13and in our offices around the world. Can you have an applause for you? FFO stuff.50:21Thank you very much. And Chief, thank you for what you have done, for recognizing the 50:35general indeed, the spade special attention to the indigenous people. And the young, where are you?50:44Congratulations. I know at times I'm impatient with you because I'll be managing the program,50:50but that tend out there. And these people that you bring here, they are very, very important.51:01They have a right to be here. They have knowledge to share with us and we value their participation 51:08in the world for them. Thank you.51:19Thank you, Beth, Maurizio and Godfrey. And it ate everybody. So what a great week,51:26this week, under the theme, innovate today, nourish tomorrow. Our science and innovation 51:32form is brought together, scientists, policymakers, farmers, indigenous peoples, young people,51:39funders, NGOs, private sector, and the United Nations system. So why did we convene?51:46We convene because around 645 million people still face hunger and one in three people 51:52cannot afford a healthy diet.51:59Are not reaching those most in need. On Tuesday, our director general set us three tests,52:06reach, rigor, and resources. This year's forum was built to respond to all three.52:13Our office of the chief scientists led and coordinated the science and innovation forum,52:17working closely with our colleagues across almost every office division and level of FAO.52:24And every session this week, we broke silos of disciplines, sectors, and thinking to bring 52:29complementary perspectives to bear on urgent challenges, opportunities, and necessities.52:36The forum, it combines sessions, exhibitions, food lab, the accelerations on site events and 52:42youth competitions. And since Monday, we have moved with speed and depth from science communication 52:47to evidence sentences from agri-extension to the limits of climate adaptation.52:53To strengthen science policy interfaces, we have launched with CRAD and assessment framework 52:58and an FAO e-learning course. We also launched an FAO Global Network and Botanic Gardens for Food 53:04Security, inspired by the director general. We explored AI and satellites monitoring our fields daily,53:11clean cooking, water, one health, entrepreneurship, and women farmers who were moving from 53:17digital access to agency. And just this morning, for FAO's first global.