Africa-Press – Mauritius. The Mauritius Institute of Directors (MIOD), in collaboration with the British High Commission organised a networking event themed ‘Climate Change Impacting on Food Security’, this morning at the Hennessy Park Hotel in Ebène.
The objective was to explore strategies that aim at strengthening and effectively responding to climate change adaptive mechanisms applied to sustain food security in Mauritius.
On the occasion, the e-membership card of the MIOD was launched. In her address, the British High Commissioner to the Republic of Mauritius, Ms. Charlotte Pierre, underlined that climate change is by far the biggest challenge facing humanity in all of modern history.
She spoke of other factors including geopolitical tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic, which all highlight the crucial need to push for more climate-resilient, sustainable agriculture.
She pointed out that the UK Government is proud to collaborate with the MIOD and the Mauritian authorities to find new ways to rethink and transform agriculture and food systems, at home and across borders.
She also emphasised that the economics of the global food security challenge involves the need to feed 9 billion people by 2050. It is therefore our duty to invest in and support innovative and sustainable strategies for food production and to tackle food waste, stressed Ms. Charlotte Pierre.
Furthermore, the British High Commissioner dwelt on the range of support provided to Mauritius to catalyse actions to address climate change related issues, namely: Mauritius has joined the Task Force on Access to Climate Finance ; Experts from the Southern African Development Community have been allocated to Mauritius to address challenges in the water sector and related infrastructure; expertise on food security has been shared and support is provided for coral conservation projects around the island.
According to Ms Charlotte Pierre, coming together in event like this helps to generate ideas to accelerate actions and transforms agriculture and food systems into more sustainable and resilient ones.
Also present on the occasion, the Chief Executive Officer of the MIOD, Mrs Sheila Ujoodha, spoke about the contribution of sustainable intensification of food systems, regenerative agriculture, agroecology, in offering opportunities to build food, social-economic and ecological resilience to the negative effects of climate change.
Furthermore, Mrs Sheila Ujoodha underpinned the importance of food governance to address the climate crisis and stated that we should ensure food systems are adapting to climate change and are resilient enough to continue to nourish people and advance equitable livelihoods.
The MIOD, as an agent of change, will remain committed to its mission to provide a forum to learn and share valuable source of information pertaining to corporate governance to the benefit of the business community, she added.
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