CHAIR`S SUMMARY

The G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting Outcome Document and Chair's Summary, convened on 18 September 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa, outlines a strategic framework to address global food insecurity and malnutrition. Under the South African Presidency's theme of 'Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability', the ministers identified four priority areas: inclusive market participation, empowerment of youth and women, innovation and technology, and climate resilience. The document emphasizes the role of multilateral trade, public-private partnerships, and the voluntary transfer of technology to transform global food systems.

• The G20 ministers expressed concern over global food insecurity, noting that approximately 673 million people were affected by hunger and 2.6 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2024.
• The ministers identified four primary areas for addressing global agriculture and food system challenges: promoting inclusive market participation, empowering women and youth, fostering innovation and technology in agro-processing, and building climate resilience.
• Public Development Banks (PDBs) provide two-thirds of formal financing for agriculture but only account for 10 to 12 per cent of global financing, leading to an underrepresentation of agricultural investments in many PDB portfolios.
• The G20 emphasizes the need to empower youth and women by addressing barriers to resources like land, finance, and technology, and looks forward to the International Year of the Woman Farmer in 2026.
• The ministers advocate for the protection of intellectual property (IP) systems to incentivize innovation while supporting the voluntary dissemination of technology on mutually agreed terms.
• To build climate resilience, the G20 supports the use of nature-based solutions, the protection of farmers' rights to seeds, and the research and development of climate-resilient indigenous and traditional crops through the G20 MAHARISHI Initiative.
• The document highlights the importance of a rules-based multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization (WTO) at its core, noting the 14th WTO Ministerial conference in Cameroon as a key opportunity to discuss trade rules and food security.

APA

South African Institute of International Affairs (n.d.). CHAIR`S SUMMARY. https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Agriculture-Ministers-CHAIRS-SUMMARY.pdf

Chicago

South African Institute of International Affairs. CHAIR`S SUMMARY. n.d. https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Agriculture-Ministers-CHAIRS-SUMMARY.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{southafricaninstituteofinternationalaffairsndchairs, author = {{South African Institute of International Affairs}}, title = {{CHAIR`S SUMMARY}}, institution = {South African Institute of International Affairs}, url = {https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Agriculture-Ministers-CHAIRS-SUMMARY.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }