Bilateral meeting with The Honorable Patricia Wiskies, Minister for Natural Resources and Climate Change of the Republic of Malawi

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Nouakchott, Mauritania - The FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, met today with The Honorable Patricia Wiskies, Minister for Natural Resources and Climate Change of the Republic of Malawi, on the margins of the 34th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa.

The Director General thanked the Minister for her participation in the regional ministerial conference and recognized the strong collaboration between FAO and Malawi.

The Minister expressed appreciation for FAO’s support to Malawi in various agricultural sectors, including natural resources, biodiversity and climate change

The discussions centered on strategies and leveraging various potential investment platforms for agriculture, aquaculture and natural resources in Malawi. There were further discussions on climate smart agriculture, modernization, innovation and the use of AI and digital monitoring to predict weather patterns for food production.

The Director-General and the Minister affirmed their commitment to working closely to develop the National Fish Development Plan for the country and to leverage South-South Cooperation for enhanced collaboration, development and investment in the aquaculture sector.  The pair further discussed importation of fish feeds and fish hatcheries to strengthen local production, and to create employment for women and youth, and to boost capacity development efforts for youth in the aquaculture sector.