Ag trade part of sustainability

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has stated that trade will “play a key role in achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals” during the group’s recent annual public forum. Agricultural trade in particular was highlighted as “at the centre of discussion” during the forum. “Value addition and integration into national, regional and global value chains has now become extremely essential,” declared Mohammad Pervaiz Malik, Pakistan’s minister for commerce and textiles, during the forum. “Agribusiness needs an enabling infrastructure which … can be best performed with the partnership of the private sector which can bring much needed investment, and access to knowledge and technology.”