DR CRISPIM MOREIRA

FAO Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) wishes the government and people of Jamaica a Happy International Day of Plant Health. Plants make up 80 percent of the food we eat.

Let us use this day to increase awareness of how plant health is fundamental to our food security and to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 2, Zero Hunger and Jamaica’s Vision 2030.

Protecting plants is protecting life.