Topic: 2024-GMOs and Food Security
Country: Sierra Leone
Delegate Name: Yutika, Mishra
Delegate Name: Yutika Mishra
Country: Sierra Leone
Topic: GMO’s and Food Security
Committee: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Food security remains an important subject worldwide. About 2.8 billion people, 35% of the global population, cannot afford a healthy diet, and entire countries are unsure when they might be able to have food.
As in Sierra Leone, food security is currently deficient. In the past, we have encountered many roadblocks, such as climate change and disease outbreaks. The 2014 Ebola outbreak had a large negative impact on our country’s food security. Many of our young generations are malnourished, and not being provided with the nutrients they need.
As of now, Sierra Leone is trying to promote more agricultural intensification. Spreading out more in terms of crop diversification, essentially trying to bring more stability to our country.
We would like to have the UN focus more on research about climate change. It affects the entire UN very largely, and we believe that starting at the root of the problem would be beneficial for all.
Looking at past events, we see how much the CoronaVirus pandemic affected food security throughout the world, especially in more vulnerable countries. One solution that we propose is to implement more GMOs into our food. Although some countries are hesitant to implement GMOs in everyday food sources for their country, They may be able to help stabilize food security more for most countries. We propose that any countries who are against using GMOs will be allowed to do so unless food security worsens and that any countries willing to start implementing them may.
In conclusion, Sierra Leone is insistent that the UN helps contribute to the increase of food security around the world, to help our world become stronger again.
