UNDP and Savola Foods sign MoU to mitigate impact of climate change in Egypt

UNDP and Savola Foods sign MoU to mitigate impact of climate change in Egypt

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Egypt and Savola Foods, the leading company in wheat-based products across the region, signed a Memorandum of Understanding aiming to improve food security and climate change adaptation.

The signing ceremony was attended by Minister of International Cooperation, Rania al-Mashat.

This comes under state efforts to advance Egypt’s Vision 2030 and fulfill the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Under the agreement, the UNDP and Savola Foods will work together to apply SDG Impact Standards and Impact Measurement and Management practices.

Creating climate resistant crops

Savola’s Foods Innovations Center will experiment in utilizing climate-resilient crops like millet, quinoa and sorghum as part of wheat-based products – under the government’s agricultural development strategy aimed at adapting and fighting the effects of climate change.

It will also cover areas of mutual support, with the Regional Innovations Center of Savola Foods and the UNDP’s Accelerator Lab in Egypt joining forces to further innovative strategies in partnership with national and international development agencies to improve sustainable practices within the agricultural sectors and food sector at large.

“With food security quickly becoming a global challenge, international partnerships are needed to curb the impact of successive global crises, ensuring self-sufficiency and resilience,” Minister Mashat said.

“Today, the MoU signed