Agriculture ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations met Saturday in southwestern Japan for two days of talks to find ways of ensuring stable food supplies as Russia's war against Ukraine threatens global food security.
During the gathering in the city of Miyazaki, one in a series of ministerial meetings taking place in the run-up to the G7 summit next month, Japan also plans to call on other group members to participate in a U.N.-involved project aimed at supporting small-scale food producers in developing countries.
"As food supply and demand change drastically around the world, agricultural policies in each country are at a historic turning point," farm minister Tetsuro Nomura said at the opening of the meeting.