22 June 2019, Rome--- Delivering the McDougall Memorial Lecture on food security, Ms. Graça Machel – an international advocate for children’s and women’s rights – pointed to the need for massively scaling up successful approaches and implementing best practices.

She urged for the role of girls, women and youth in agriculture to be adequately recognized and bolstered. She also highlighted FAO’s unique position to contribute to the development of rural areas through the touch point of agriculture.