By Sami Zaptia.

London, 13 October 2019:
Further to our report of 25 September on the Agricultural College of Tripoli University’s conference on food security in Libya from 14-16 October under the banner ‘‘Food Security Forum 3 – Reality and Challenges’’, organizers have published the following conference agenda:
- A national strategy for sustainable natural resources and strengthening food security
- Realizing food security
- Committing to food security and consumer protection
- Rising food prices and their effect on food security
- Securing food in Libya: Fundamentals, challenges and strategies
- Food security and Libya’s state food subsidy policies
- Understanding fish consumption and its importance
- Poverty of Libyan agricultural policies in achieving food security
- Documentation of food bacteria in Libya
- Assessing grain and rice mills in Libya
- The effects of certain pests on dates
- The effects of certain pests on food
- A strategic partnership between the private and public sector in food security
- The role of the private industrial sector in achieving food security
- Improved standards in Libyan food products
- Consumer protection in Libya
- The role of external inspectors in food security
- International agreements on pests/weeds
- A comprehensive approach to fighting pests/weeds
- The use of spices as pesticides
- The use of some chemical pesticides
- The use of some specific pesticides
- Research projects by the EU
- Food security and conservation agriculture
- Growing some varieties of potatoes
- Improving Libyan grain varieties
- Some date varieties from Ghadames
- The role of fish consumption in health security
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