Vietnam urged to transform food system amid challenges

Farmers harvest rice in Vĩnh An Commune of the central province of Thanh Hoa in Vietnam. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, July 4 (Vietnam News/ANN): Transforming the food system can help meet many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a community of experts who are joining forces to confront challenges in Vietnam.

The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) – a global partnership that unites international organisations engaged in research for a food-secured future – led an online meeting in Hanoi last week, bringing together key people from state agencies, academia, NGOs, donor agencies and industry to help address existing and emerging challenges and opportunities in Vietnam's agri-food systems and inform policies and investments ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit.