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<br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-caps:normal"><span><span><span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="float:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px">As the world continues to confront the hardships triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical for us to look back at the year gone by and bridge the weaknesses that exist in our agri-food systems in order for us to recover and build back better.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px">
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<span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-caps:normal"><span><span><span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="float:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px">Towards this effort, we hosted a congressional briefing with the Alliance to End Hunger on lessons learned from COVID-19 and guidance for the future. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, Co-Chair of the<strong> </strong>Senate Hunger Caucus, joined the session and stressed the importance of building resilient and inclusive food systems that treat workers with dignity. Earlier in the month, in a webinar co-hosted with the Embassy of Denmark,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-caps:normal"><span><span><span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="float:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px"> we heard from farmers and policymakers on the opportunities and challenges they face in advancing sustainable agriculture. The session underlined the need for better incentives and enabling policy environments to foster the transition towards a greener agriculture. It also highlighted the varying challenges farmers face in accessing land, resources, and knowledge.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px">
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<span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-caps:normal"><span><span><span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="float:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px">From Niagara Falls to the Angel of Independence, we were excited to see public buildings and iconic monuments across Canada, the United States and Mexico turn green to mark the International Year of Plant Health, thanks to the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px">
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<span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-caps:normal"><span><span><span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="float:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px">This month, we look forward to exploring the outcomes of the Leaders Climate Summit and its impact on global food security in a webinar co-hosted with CSIS. On World Bee Day, we will highlight challenges facing pollinators and solutions to help them thrive for a food secure future in a virtual event with the Embassy of Slovenia. We hope that you can join us! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px">
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FAO and CSIS will bring together expert panelists to discuss changing perspectives on climate change and its impact on global food security, highlighting outcomes of President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate.</p>
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