聯合國糧農組織駐華總代表維多利亞•塞奇托萊珂開幕式致辭（實錄）

Distinguished guests,

Ladies and gentlemen,

Good Morning!

    It is my great honor and pleasure to be here at the 17th China Yangling Agricultural Hi-Tech Fair and as invited by the Organizer to deliver an opening remarks on behalf of all the international participants.

    As the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Representative in China, I always advocate and encourage global partnerships involving national, international, public, private and voluntary sectors to meet the challenge of food security.

    Therefore attending this Agricultural High-Tech Fair jointly organized by China’s 19 Ministries and the People's Government of Shaanxi Province every year which draws tens of thousands of agricultural enterprises, scientific and educational institutions and agencies from more than 40 countries and regions with 15 million participants ever since 1994 is indeed a pleasure.

    Agriculture still has the responsibility to feed the world in spite of the current climate change. Developing countries must become “climate smart” in order to cope with the combined challenge of feeding a warmer, more heavily populated world, says a new FAO report.

    Climate change is expected to reduce agriculture productivity, stability and incomes in many areas that already experience high levels of food insecurity — yet world agriculture production will need to increase by 70 percent over the coming four decades in order to meet the food requirements of growing world population, according to FAO.

    Increasing agricultural production, reducing post harvest losses, and improving food distribution channels in the developing world have always been major challenges. Climate change raises the bar significantly — a major transformation of agriculture is needed.

    Agriculture needs to produce more food, waste less, and make it easier for farmers to get their produce to consumers. Finally, agriculture has to find ways to reduce its environmental impacts — including lowering its own greenhouse gas emissions — without compromising food security and rural development. All these are only possible through high technology which makes this Fair even more important.

    Congratulations to the Governments of Shaanxi Province and Yangling Hi-Tech Demonstration Zone.

    I wish the Fair a complete success!

    Thank you!

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    各位來賓，女士們，先生們，

    大家早上好！

    能代表所有國外來賓站在這兒為第17屆中國楊淩農業高新科技博覽會致開幕辭，我感到十分的榮耀，也感到非常高興！

    作為聯合國糧農組織駐中國總代表，我一直呼籲各國政府、國際組織攜起手來，共同應對糧食安全帶來的挑戰。

    中國楊淩農高會由中國19個部委和陜西省人民政府聯合舉辦，自1994年創辦以來，每年都會吸引來自40多個國家和地區數以萬計的涉農企業、科研及教育機構參展，參會人數達到一千五百萬。因此，能參加這樣的盛會，我感到非常開心。

    儘管面臨著氣候變化的嚴峻挑戰，農業仍然肩負著養活全世界的責任。一份新的糧農組織報告指出：發展中國家必須變成‘氣候精英’才能迎接氣候不斷變暖、人口劇增的世界帶來的多重挑戰。

    氣候變化將會使農業減産、影響農業的穩定性及收入，而許多地區已經經歷了糧食短缺的威脅。但是，糧農組織的研究報告預測：只有全世界的糧食生産在未來的40年增長70%，才能滿足全世界不斷增長的人口需要。

    發展中國家面臨的主要挑戰就是提高農業生産、減少收割後的損失，提高糧食分配渠道，而氣候變化使形勢變得更為嚴峻。因此，農業生産方式的轉變是必需的。

    農業需要生産更多的糧食，減少糧食浪費，能讓農民將他們生産的糧食輕鬆地送到消費者手中。最後，農業還必須尋找以下途徑去減少環境變化給農業帶來的負面影響：包括減少溫室氣體排放、統籌糧食安全與農村發展，而這一切只有通過農業高新科技的發展才有可能實現。因此，舉辦中國楊淩農業高新科技博覽會這樣的盛會就具有更為重要的意義。

    我要代表所有國外來賓向陜西省人民政府、向楊淩農業高新技術産業示範區表示祝賀。

    希望此次盛會圓滿成功！

    謝謝！