Havana, Sep 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and Brazil will begin a high-level forum today in Havana focused on the exchange of public policies, programs, and strategies on social protection, food sovereignty, and nutritional security.
This meeting will continue until tomorrow with the aim of establishing a strategic space for building synergies and a concrete agenda for South-South cooperation.
According to the event program, the Brazilian Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Farming, Paulo Teixeira; the Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and the Fight Against Hunger, Wellington Dias; and the director of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency and representative of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ruy Carlos Pereira, among other high-ranking representatives from both countries, will participate.
As part of the meeting, roundtables will be held to analyze policies, programs, and the management of national social protection systems, sovereignty, and food and nutrition security.
Likewise, efforts will be made to strengthen agri-food systems, with an emphasis on family farming and sustainable consumption.
The High-Level Meeting on Social Protection Policies, Food Sovereignty, and Food and Nutrition Security reinforces the priority that the Cuban State and Government give to the management of financial, technological, and material resources through international projects, with the aim of strengthening national productive capacities and reducing dependence on imports.
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