World Food Day: MoALI Celebrates World Food Day in Nay Pyi Taw

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation held a ceremony to celebrate the World Food Day 2021 Saturday morning. The ceremony was attended by Union Ministers, Chairman of the Nay Pyi Taw Council, Deputy Minister and officials, Diplomats, president of (UMFCCI) and its affiliated associations, Representatives from the Central Cooperative Society Limited, agricultural production and trade cooperatives, agricultural associations, and farmers joined the ceremony virtually.

At the ceremony, Union Minister U Hla Moe read out the message sent from Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on the occasion of World Food Day.

Afterwards, the Union Minister emphasized that it is an urgent task to change food production systems accordingly to the theme of 2021 World Food Day, “Our Actions are our Future. Better Production, Better Nutrition, a Better Environment and a Better Life”. Myanmar, like the rest of the world, is experiencing climate change, natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.

He commended the farmers in the whole country who have continued their crop productions despite the difficulties during the COVID-19 crisis such as insufficient supply of inputs and affected supply routes.

As Myanmar is committed to the Government’s policies which focus on food security, increasing per capita income, and narrowing the gap between rich and poor in the country, this year’s theme of World Food Day is in line with these policies. He urged to work together for the better production, better nutrition, better environment and better life.