 The first investment forum of a group of countries participating in the Honey Hunt Initiative will be held at FAO headquarters on October 17 to 19 of 2022. Ministers and senior country officials will present their investment plans and opportunities to an audience of multilateral development banks, national development banks, private sector and global agribusiness firms, as well as donors and other stakeholders in both in the country's development. Honey Hunt is a country-led, country-driven process. The Honey Hunt Initiative uses a state-of-the-art geospatial tools and science-based solutions and innovations to identify priority areas, where through very concrete interventions farmers' incomes will be improved and rural poverty will be reduced. The forum will be a meeting place to promote those opportunities with high economic return and impact on social and sustainable development. The mobilization of public and private investment in agriculture is critical and necessary to sustain and accelerate economic growth, secure employment, incorporate technology, reduce poverty, increase food security and sustainable development. The event aims to facilitate increased public and private investment flows in an integrated manner to achieve sustainable development goals, specifically goal number one, reduction of rural poverty, goal number two, zero hunger, and goal number ten, reduction of inequalities in these countries. FAO brings together all these countries under the Honey Hunt Initiative, where we hope we can accelerate the process of investment. Thank you.