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Category: food security

How Automation Can Help Produce More Food With Less Resources (Español)

How Automation Can Help Produce More Food With Less Resources (Español)


The solution is to produce more food with fewer resources; for this, automation offers an opportunity.

Posted on January 2, 2023January 2, 2023Categories Digital agriculture, food securityTags Automation
Investment in the Rural Economy Reduces Pressure to Migrate Internationally

Investment in the Rural Economy Reduces Pressure to Migrate Internationally


Greater attention to rural areas holds important promise to accelerate poverty reduction, increase food security, and reduce migratory pressures.

Posted on December 21, 2022January 20, 2023Categories food security, food systemsTags agriculture, migration, poverty
To Achieve Human Rights, Start with Food

To Achieve Human Rights, Start with Food


That fundamental right every one of us is entitled to — to be free from hunger — is at risk today like never before. We must take a human rights-based approach so as to apply human rights principles in our efforts.

Posted on December 8, 2022December 8, 2022Categories food security, food systemsTags Human Rights, Right to Food
Ending Hunger: A Dream or Still a Possibility?

Ending Hunger: A Dream or Still a Possibility?


At the 1974 World Food Congress in Rome, Henry Kissinger declared that in 10 years no child would go to bed hungry. Although his prediction did not come true, the decades that followed marked steady progress against hunger.

Posted on October 31, 2022December 5, 2022Categories food security, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Tags food crisis, Zero Hunger
Ukraine’s Grain Shipments Are Not Enough to Tackle Global Hunger Crisis

Ukraine’s Grain Shipments Are Not Enough to Tackle Global Hunger Crisis


Even the lifting of the blockade of Ukrainian ports will not miraculously solve a crisis that is global in scope. Instead, a structural overhaul of a system that is bloated, inefficient and hypocritical is long overdue.

Posted on September 20, 2022September 20, 2022Categories Food price volatility, food securityTags food crisis, hunger, Russia-Ukraine War
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Should Not Cause a Hunger Crisis

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Should Not Cause a Hunger Crisis


The trade fallout of the Russia-Ukraine conflict would be devastating for the world’s poor for whom inflation has put even the most basic foods beyond reach.

Posted on March 7, 2022March 7, 2022Categories Food price volatility, food securityTags food crisis, global food trade, Russia-Ukraine War
The Food Trade Can’t Stop (Español)

The Food Trade Can’t Stop (Español)


In this difficult time, we should tighten health protocols in agro-industrial value chains but without curbing the mobility of food or key inputs. Otherwise, the consequences could be extremely serious.

Posted on January 18, 2022January 18, 2022Categories food security, global pandemic, TradeTags COVID-19, food supply chain, open global trade
<strong>The Hunger Crisis Nobody Is Talking About</strong>

The Hunger Crisis Nobody Is Talking About


Inflation has put even the most basic foods beyond the reach of many households. Many families spend more than half of their income on food. The higher prices are forcing them to choose between food and rent and medicine.

Posted on January 6, 2022October 14, 2022Categories Food price volatility, food security, malnutritionTags food inflation
Ending Hunger Sustainably

Ending Hunger Sustainably


Feeding the poor doesn’t have to come at the expense of saving the planet, and vice versa. But it requires looking at food systems holistically – a major departure from the current siloed approach. To avoid unintended consequences, it is essential to quantify any trade-offs with data.

Posted on October 18, 2021October 18, 2021Categories climate change adaptation, food security, food systems, resilienceTags Digital agriculture, hunger, Paris Agreement
A Resilient World Where No One Is Left Behind (Español)

A Resilient World Where No One Is Left Behind (Español)


This year an additional 49 million people may fall into extreme poverty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the most vulnerable people in the worst case scenario.

Posted on August 23, 2021August 23, 2021Categories food security, food systems, resilienceTags Access to healthy diets, COVID-19, Digital agriculture
Indigenous Lessons for Sustainable Food (Español)

Indigenous Lessons for Sustainable Food (Español)


The agri-food systems of the indigenous peoples suggest solutions to feed 811 million hungry people — without damaging biodiversity.

Posted on July 27, 2021July 27, 2021Categories food security, food systemsTags agri-food systems, indigenous people, sustainable food
This Is How Equitable and Sustainable Recovery Fails

This Is How Equitable and Sustainable Recovery Fails


A world wrecked by inequality, poverty and global warming isn’t a secure, safe world — for anyone.

Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021Categories food security, food systemsTags food systems, global hunger, SOFI2021Leave a comment

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The Ukraine War and Global Food Security Risks

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