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World Food Day
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Why a greener food system supports a healthy planet
Awareness of the climate crisis has vastly increased in recent years, but how well do we understand the impact of our global food system on phenomena like biodiversity loss, deforestation and drought? The National Food Strategy, an independent review published earlier this year, identified the global food system as the second-biggest contributor to climate change. It accounts for 26% of global...
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How our food choices can help contribute to sustainability targets
Targets can be ignored, or feel arbitrary, but they are also vital when it comes to corralling multiple countries, organisations and people together to tackle issues that seem difficult to deal with individually. In 2015, UN member states adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – social and environmental targets to bring the world together to work towards a better and more sustainable future...
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Celebrating our global food heroes
Behind all our food, there is always someone who produced, planted, harvested, fished or transported it. In the run up to World Food Day on October 16, the FAO thanks these #FoodHeroes who, no matter the circumstances, continue to provide food for their communities and beyond. Irina Vasilyeva, a female farmer from Western Georgia, is a living example of how...
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Urgent action is needed on fighting hunger
A dramatic transformation of food production techniques is urgently needed if global hunger and undernourishment is to be eradicated for billions of people worldwide. With three billion people worldwide lacking access to healthy diets and an increase last year of 161 million people facing hunger, the global agriculture sector faces huge challenges to deliver better...
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How hunger and the climate crisis are linked
All across Africa, communities are suffering from the lasting effects of the climate crisis and its continued impact on food security. I’ll never forget the day Maliha in Madagascar told us: “We have been starving for so long. Ever since there has been no rain, the children have not eaten normally. I give them what...
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Why climate adaptation for small-scale farmers is a critical investment
Continued changes in weather patterns, ocean acidification and “agricultural and ecological droughts” mean that threats to global food supply and distribution will only intensify in the coming years. Last month’s IPCC report indicates that sea level rise, heat waves and droughts are all “virtually certain” in the coming 50 years. Climate change is already affecting food...
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Investing in One Health to prevent the next pandemic
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has already cost the world millions of lives and trillions of dollars. It did not have to be this way. Future pandemics can be prevented by recognising that animal and human health are interconnected and bound to the health of the ecosystems they share. One Health needs to be the foundation...
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How to build a climate-smart food system to feed a growing world
The world’s food system is not fit-for-purpose under the realities of the climate crisis. It must meet the growing demand for safe, affordable and nutritious diets while reducing greenhouse gases and adapting to a changing climate. The impacts of the climate crisis are being felt worldwide, resulting in a decline in yields, livelihoods and natural...
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Food entrepreneurship in the age of coronavirus
The food industry has been put under huge pressure by the COVID-19 crisis. It’s why food entrepreneurship will play an important part in the sector’s future development. One thing is certain in this uncertain world: if consumers were taking food for granted six months ago, they’re not doing so now. COVID-19 has seen to that....
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Food security is deteriorating
Despite us living in a world where food is in abundance, access to good quality food that meets nutritional and energy needs is not equal. And with the onset of COVID-19, food security is only getting worse. Food security refers to having access to a healthy diet that provides nutrients required for growth and development,...