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FOOD IS A HUMAN RIGHT!

Food is a human right. Yet hundreds of millions are still going to bed hungry.@FAO's #RightToFood Guidelines can help influence the global agenda to eradicate hunger and malnutrition. Learn more 👉https://t.co/AJLCVAJdCs pic.twitter.com/ON73xwUr8w— FAO Asia Pacific (@FAOAsiaPacific) April 3, 2023

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WORLD FOOD DAY 2022; LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND!

2022 finds us with an ongoing pandemic, conflicts, a climate that won’t stop warming, rising prices and international tensions. This is affecting global food security. We need to build a sustainable world where everyone, everywhere has regular access to enough nutritious food. No one should be left behind! Although we …

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CAN WE PREVENT ANOTHER FOOD CRISIS? A Q&A WITH DR. MAXIMO TORRERO

According to the United Nations, we’re moving into a cost-of-living crisis unlike anything seen in a generation. One large component of that crisis is skyrocketing food prices. In March, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index hit a record high, retreating only slightly in April and May. However, …

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THE STATE OF FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN THE WORLD 2021…

Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all… In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. …

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“AGRICULTURAL SECTOR SHOULD ALWAYS BE CONSIDERED WITH POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION”

Press release… “About one-tenth of the world’s population, 811 million people, are malnourished or starving”“Our actions are our future. Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life”“Input costs, especially fertilizer, electricity, irrigation, medicine, diesel and feed, should be reduced urgently in order to ensure the sustainability of …

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UN REPORT: PANDEMIC YEAR MARKED BY SPIKE IN WORLD HUNGER

12 July 2021, Rome – There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped, a multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the …

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NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN HUNGER UP 6-FOLD!

‘As many as 11 people are likely dying of hunger and malnutrition each minute,’ says Oxfam report… The number of people living in “famine-like conditions” has increased six-fold since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by Oxfam on Friday. “As many as 11 people are likely …

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HIGH RATES OF MALNUTRITION CAN CUT GLOBAL GDP BY UP TO 5 PERCENT!

Senior FAO official in Turkey says number of people affected by hunger could surpass 840M by 2030… ANKARA… High rates of malnutrition can lead to a loss in gross domestic product (GDP) of as much as 4%-5%, according to an assistant representative in Turkey for the United Nations Food and …

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