NCGA co-chairs MAIZALL with U.S. Grains Council, Abramilho and Maizar. MAIZALL, the International Maize Alliance, is an initiative that communicates the benefits of modern agriculture, addresses asynchronus approval of biotechnology products, and promotes regulatory harmonization to confront trade barriers to important agricultural technologies. MAIZALL’s farmer directors meet regularly with high-level government officials and engage with international multilateral institutions to ensure the farmer perspective is heard on these important topics. Recently, MAIZALL’s U.S. directors met with U.S. government trade and agriculture officials in Washington D.C.
Alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:
- 2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding, and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality.
- 2.b Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies, and export measures with equivalent effect.
- 7.1 By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services.
- 7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
- 12.2 By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.
- 13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.
- 15.1 By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains, and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements.
