 Boosting investment in agriculture is critical to achieve food security. Yet not all investments have positive outcomes. Some may damage the environment, put communities in a plight or result in financial losses. FAO and the government of Liberia work together to ensure that investment in agriculture contributes to sustainable development. I think the importance of responsible investment in agriculture in Liberia lies in the various challenges that agriculture presents. One of the things that's the most striking to me is the dependency on import, particularly with regard to food stock. And on the other side you have fertile land, you have a very favorable climate, you have people in the countryside who are producing but very often they lack the possibilities to cooling and to transport and so there is a mismatch. And that mismatch needs to be remitted and to remit it you need a lot of investment and of course preferably responsible investment. Responsible investment however does not occur in a vacuum. We know that it takes a strong enabling environment, the right institutional, policy, legal, incentive frameworks to make sure that these investments actually materialize and that they generate positive outcomes. Now one particularly important aspect in this regard is investment and investors screening prior to the approval of an investment project. And this is so important because most of the risks that an investment can have can be detected at the outset before any decision about the investment itself is being made. With support from FAO, the Liberian multi-stakeholder platform on responsible investment in agriculture developed a new investment and investor screening tool to enhance responsible agricultural investment in the country. What it does is that it standardizes the way in which we evaluate investment projects in agriculture. It brings accountability. So the government along with the investor or potential investor is held to a kind of process that is predictable, that is clear and it is expected to be met as a requirement for investing agriculture. Another important aspect is the aspect of transparency. The process becomes much more open and the potential investor gets to know what are the requirements the government has or anyone wanting to make investment within the sector. The screening tool was endorsed by the government of Liberia in April 2023. FAO will provide support to the piloting and rolling out of the tool. The use of the training, the screening tools, we can be able to assess proposals based on how they come. So it is very important for us as a country, it's important for us as an institutional national investment commission so that we make our work easier so that we can avoid problems in the future when it comes to investment-related issues. Currently, since there are a lot of technicians who have enough knowledge about the importance and benefits of responsible investment in agriculture, it is important now that heads of ministries, agencies and commissions are brought up to speed and that they are exposed to the benefits that such process will bring in attracting investment into the country, especially in agriculture because in Liberia, agriculture holds the greatest potential for investment.