 Hello everybody. To defeat hunger, knowledge is key, and sharing it is vital. This year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations invites you to the 2021 annual Agris meeting on Thursday, 1st of July. This focused half the event will outline how Agris promotes the knowledge sharing, which is essential for agricultural innovation and a sustainable transformation of global agriculture and food systems. In the meeting, you will learn of AO's role in promoting knowledge sharing to defeat hunger, good reasons to join Agris and how to contribute to it. Interpretation will be provided in the six official FAO languages, including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Please join us on the 1st of July. We are looking forward to meeting you virtually.