Walter E. Baethgen

At a high-level panel at the AAPRESID Congress, international figures emphasised that governments and the production and industrial sectors must work together to develop a new narrative for agriculture that conveys its true value as part of the solution to global challenges while also addressing consumers’ needs.🌿🌎 🗣The panelists were: Jack Bobo, Executive Director of the Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); Kip Tom, Vice Chair of Rural Policy at the America First Policy Institute and former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome; Walter Baethgen, Senior Research Scientist at the Columbia Climate School; Marcelo Torres, President of AAPRESID; and Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA. 🙌 Here are some of their main statements. iica.int/en/press/news/new-n… @manueloteroIICA @aapresid @marcelotorres_c @Jack_A_Bobo @kiptom @baethgen #AAPRESIDCongress #AAPRESID #IICA #JackBobo #KipTom #WalterBaethgen #MacerloTorres #ManuelOtero