The Government and FAO are preparing Paraguay’s participation in an investment forum - .::Agencia IP::.

Asunción, Agencia IP.- Paraguayan’s Government, in coordination with the Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the country, is preparing its participation in the Forum of Investments, which will take place from October 17 to 20 in Rome, Italy, within the framework of the World Food Forum 2023. The arrangements are organized through the

Asunción, Agencia IP.- Paraguayan’s Government, in coordination with the Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the country, is preparing its participation in the Forum of Investments, which will take place from October 17 to 20 in Rome, Italy, within the framework of the World Food Forum 2023. The arrangements are organized through the FAO, the Presidency of the Republic and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cattle of Paraguay.

The presence of Paraguay will be through a representation of high authorities from the Government and the productive sector to present the agricultural sector’s potential in the country, during the Investment Forum that brings together the participating countries of the Hand-in-Hand Initiative. During the Forum, national authorities will present investment opportunities to corporations, multilateral development banks and donors, among other participants.

In the Forum, Paraguay will present two notes of investments prepared through a solid public-private alliance to the international community, aiming to attract private investments or financing from multilateral organizations. The projects that will be presented are related to the dairy chain and banana production. The notes were made using the methodology Hand-in-Hand.

To organize the presence of Paraguay in the Forum, such as to review the FAO cooperation agenda in the country, the representative of the FAO in Paraguay, Agustín Zimmermann; the Official in Charge of the Office of FAO in Paraguay, Fabiola Alcorta, and members of the specialized staff of the organization maintained a series of meetings with Government’s authorities.