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The largest annual gathering of agrifood systems stakeholders, the World Food Forum (WFF), opened on Monday with a high-level ceremony at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome. FAO
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STORY: FAO / WORLD FOOD FORUM OPENING
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SOURCE: FAO
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 14 OCTOBER 2024, ROME, ITALY

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1. Pan left, FAO Headquarters in Rome
2. Zoom in, FAO logo
3. Wide shot, Carabinieri band playing to welcome world leaders arriving
4. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu welcoming Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization
5. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu shaking hands with King Letsie III, Kingdom of Lesotho
6. Wide shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu welcoming King Eswati III, Kingdom of Eswatini
7. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu shaking hands with Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan
8. Wide shot, World Food Forum opening ceremony
9. Wide shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu speaking
10. SOUNDBITE (English) QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General:
“The actions we take today will directly impact the future. This year’s theme, ‘Good Food for All, for Today and Tomorrow,’ reflects the core of FAO’s mission and brings together the importance of the Four Betters: better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind”.
11. Wide shot, from left to right Nyuma Boakai, President of the Republic of Liberia, King Eswati III, Kingdom of Eswatini, King Letsie III, Kingdom of Lesotho, Nyuma Boakai, Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan
12. SOUNDBITE (English) QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General:
“Transformational change requires three key elements: youth; science and innovation; and targeted investments. These are the three main pillars of the World Food Forum.”
13. Wide shot, FAO Director-General speaking
14. SOUNDBITE (English) QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General:
“This independent and neutral space, initiated and hosted by FAO, strives to create a better world through youth-driven transformation of global agrifood systems. To all the young people and the young-at-heart in the room and those joining us online, there are great expectations ahead of you!”
15. Pan right, World Food Forum opening ceremony
16. Med shot, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, speaking
17. Wide shot, audience listening
18. Med shot, King Eswati III, Kingdom of Eswatini, speaking
19. Close up, audience listening
20. Med shot, King Letsie III, Kingdom of Lesotho, speaking
21. Close up, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu listening (center)
22. Med shot, Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, speaking
23. Wide shot, audience clapping
24. Close up, Indigenous Peoples musical performance
25. Wide shot, Indigenous Peoples musical performance
26. Zoom out, FAO Director-General and Indigenous Peoples’ representative lighting a fire
27. Close up, fire burning
28. Med shot, Yon Fernández-de-Larrinoa, FAO Head of the Indigenous Peoples Unit, speaking
29. Wide shot, Global Youth Forum opening ceremony
30. Pull focus, Global Youth Forum opening ceremony
31. Close up, audience listening
32. Tilt down, World Food Forum participants visiting the World Food Forum exhibits
33. Med shot, person visiting the Global Youth Forum stand
34. Close up, persons talking in front of the Hand-In-Hand Investment Forum stand
35. Wide shot, person doing a virtual reality experience
36. Wide shot, journalist interviewing FAO staff at the Science and Innovation Forum stand
37. Wide shot, World Food Forum exhibits

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The largest annual gathering of agrifood systems stakeholders, the World Food Forum (WFF), opened on Monday (14 Oct) with a high-level ceremony at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome. Running from October 14 to 18, the event brings together global experts, young changemakers, investors, and visionary leaders to create new pathways for a sustainable, inclusive, and food-secure future.

This year’s theme, 'Good food for all, for today and tomorrow,' reflects the core of FAO’s mission and brings together the importance of the Four Betters, said FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, officially kicking off the event.

SOUNDBITE (English), QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “The actions we take today will directly impact the future. This year’s theme, ‘Good Food for All, for Today and Tomorrow,’ reflects the core of FAO’s mission and brings together the importance of the Four Betters: better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind”.

The forum will include sessions focused on youth, science and innovation, and targeted investments, which FAO Director-General considers key elements for transformational change.

SOUNDBITE (English), QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “Transformational change requires three key elements: youth; science and innovation; and targeted investments. These are the three main pillars of the World Food Forum.”

The World Food Forum in an independent and neutral space, initiated and hosted by FAO, to create a better world through youth-driven transformation of global agrifood systems, QU explained, adding that he is inspired by the WFF's growth into a leading youth-led global platform since its launch in 2021.

Over the coming days, QU urged young people, and the young at heart, to engage with FAO, voice their concerns, and fight for the issues that matter to their generation.

SOUNDBITE (English), QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “This independent and neutral space, initiated and hosted by FAO, strives to create a better world through youth-driven transformation of global agrifood systems. To all the young people and the young-at-heart in the room and those joining us online, there are great expectations ahead of you!”

The opening ceremony was a display of global solidarity, highlighting the shared commitment to addressing the challenges facing our agrifood systems.

Influential leaders and young advocates stressed the urgent need for collaborative action.

High-level guests expressed their support for the World Food Forum’s three pillars, Global Youth Action, Science and Innovation and Hand-in-Hand Investment and reaffirmed their countries' commitments to transforming agrifood systems to ensure food security for all.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, King Eswati III, Kingdom of Eswatini and King Letsie III, Kingdom of Lesotho, Nyuma Boakai, President of the Republic of Liberia, Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, youth leaders and Indigenous Peoples representatives among others intervened at the event.

Earlier in the day the opening ceremony was held in a Nomadic tent of the Saami People from the Artic, transforming a space in the heart of Rome into an Indigenous Peoples’ territory.

Indigenous and non-indigenous researchers, experts and officials from across the globe gathered at the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems, hosted at the headquarters of FAO to emphasize the crucial role of Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge systems in shaping sustainable food systems transformation.

The Global Youth Forum was launched as well with the aim of empowering and connecting young agents of change to spark global dialogues and galvanize transformative actions towards a sustainable global agrifood system.

World Food Forum exhibits also opened at FAO headquarters, offering a vibrant and diverse showcase of innovative solutions, initiatives, and artistic expressions related to agrifood systems transformation.

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